Leroy Fer yesterday set his sights on helping Everton return to Europe after he completed an £8.6million move from Twente.
The Holland international, 23, has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract after Everton boss David Moyes spent a week working on the deal to land the midfielder.
Fer, who started his career at Feyenoord, took a private jet from Rotterdam yesterday afternoon.
‘Everton are in the top five at the moment and they have a real chance of playing in Europe next season,’ said Fer. ‘Since I was a young boy, I have always wanted to play in the English Premier League.
‘And now the fact that I am going to do it with one of the biggest teams in the Premier League makes this move even more special.’
Fer, whose strapping physique earned him the nickname ‘The Bouncer’ in Holland, hit the headlines last year after splashing out £22,000 on a pet horse for his girlfriend — only to realise that she couldn’t keep the stallion because she lived in a block of flats.
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