Friday, 18 Dec 2009

Landon Donovan to Everton is official

Everton have officially announced that the Landon Donovan loan deal is complete. He will be joining the side at the start of January and staying until mid-March. Said manager David Moyes:


"We need to strengthen our squad to make sure we are not in a situation like we have at the moment with so many injuries.

"Landon will certainly add pace, he is a good finisher.

"He was voted best player, yet again, in the American league and is captain of the USA national team.

"I need players who can hit the ground running, who I think can go into the team quite quickly and make an impact.

"With his experience and the goals he has scored, I am hoping he will be able to do that."


So Moyes clearly isn't looking at this as a much of a gamble -- he expects Landon to come in and score goals right away (I guess in a two and a half month loan "right away" is pretty much all you have, though). We've already discussed this to death, but with all the doubts raised by a number of U.S. fans, it's interesting to hear someone like Moyes sound so confident about Landon's ability to contribute immediately.