Enner Valencia reckons training at Everton is tougher than at West Ham! Speaking for the first time since his year long loan deal was agreed the Ecuador striker decared: “I’m very happy to be here. It’s a great club with excellent fans. I’m looking forward to getting onto the pitch with my new teammates.
“I was in Ecuador when I signed with Everton on the last day of the transfer market. I was a little bit worried it wouldn’t get done in time but, in the end, everything was fine.
When the people who I work with told me about the possibility of joining Everton that morning, it was great news for me. When it was confirmed in the last hour [of the window], it was an even better moment.
“Training is different than my last team – a little bit harder! There’s a great coach and manager here and I am trying to learn about him.
“I already knew that Everton was a big team but when I came here to the training ground, I realised that it was bigger than what I thought before.
I have great teammates, there are great staff working behind the team and there are all the facilities for me to have a great year here.”