Fulham signal Alex Iwobi from Everton late on deadline day in deal value as much as £22million… as Nigeria worldwide reveals why he’s ‘buzzing’ to be reunited with former boss Marco Silva

Alex Iwobi will likely be reunited with Marco Silva at Craven Cottage after Fulham accomplished the signing of the Everton midfielder in a deal which may very well be value £22million.

The Nigeria worldwide signed a five-year take care of the Cottagers and stated Silva had been instrumental in convincing him to move back to London.

‘I’m buzzing, I simply can’t wait to get began, I’m excited to begin my journey right here,’ he informed Fulham’s official web site.

‘Marco Silva spoke to me concerning the ambitions of the Membership, and I’m on board. Hopefully I can convey one thing to the Membership.’

Silva introduced Iwobi to Everton from Arsenal in the summertime of 2019, however the Portuguese was dismissed three months later with the Toffees 18th on the desk. 

Alex Iwobi has signed for Fulham from Everton in a £22m deal late on deadline day

The Nigeria worldwide will likely be reunited with Marco Silva, who signed him at Everton

In 4 seasons on the membership, Iwobi made 123 Premier League appearances for Everton, scoring six instances. He was named Gamers’ Participant of the Season and was one of many Toffees’ greatest gamers as Everton narrowly averted relegation. 

The 27-year-old performed the entire 90 minutes as Everton misplaced 1-0 at dwelling to Fulham on the opening day of the Premier League season.

However he picked up a hamstring damage in Everton’s 4-0 loss towards Aston Villa and missed his former membership’s 1-0 defeat at dwelling to Wolves final week.   

The Nigeria worldwide arrived at Craven Cottage, regardless of Joao Palhinha’s move to Bayern Munich collapsing earlier on deadlined day.

The German membership put in an preliminary supply of £47m, although this was subsequently rejected by the London membership – who priced him at £90m initially. 

The transfer fell by because the London membership had been unable to discover a alternative in time – not helped by the German window closing sooner than the English one.

Fulham needed to maintain Palhinha, although the participant was prepared to go away. Bayern made a bid which might ‘simply’ have smashed Fulham’s switch file – as much as £70m.

Fulham additionally accomplished a mortgage deal for 26-year-old AC Milan and Senegal left-back Fode Ballo-Toure. 

In the meantime, Everton additionally parted methods with Tom Cannon on Friday, with the striker becoming a member of Leicester Metropolis for an undisclosed charge.

Cannon first joined the Toffees’ academy aged 10 and made his senior staff debut towards Bournemouth in November final yr, earlier than spending the second half of final season on mortgage within the Championship at Preston North Finish the place he scored eight targets in 21 appearances.