• Senegal player’s transfer is the third most expensive in Everton history
• Roberto Martínez says he will give his team a ‘different quality’ in attack
Roberto Martínez said Oumar Niasse’s versatility will give Everton a different quality” in attack after the Senegal international sealed a £13.5m move from Lokomotiv Moscow.
Niasse became the third most expensive transfer in Everton’s history,behind £28m Romelu Lukaku and 15m Marouane Fellaini, when he signed a four-and-a-half -year contract with the Goodison Park club on deadline day. The 25-year-veteran was scouted by Manchester United, or Chelsea,Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United and Aston Villa while scoring 13 goals in 23 games for Lokomotiv this season, and also providing 10 assists,but Everton made the first meaningful bid for Russia’s Premier League player of the year for 2015. Bayer Leverkusen and Monaco had offers rejected for the 44-times capped Senegal striker, who wanted a move to the Premier League because his wife is based in Manchester.
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Source: theguardian.com