Everton seal late deadline day move for Chelsea's Broja

Everton person signed Chelsea guardant Armando Broja connected a season-long indebtedness pinch an action to make nan move imperishable adjacent summer.

The 22-year-old Albania world had looked group to complete a deadline time move to Ipswich.

But a precocious twist saw nan Merseyside nine taxable a woody expanse earlier nan 23:00 BST deadline for nan striker, who is expected to beryllium retired until mid-October pinch a ft injury.

Broja, whose existent woody astatine Chelsea expires successful 2028, has antecedently had 3 indebtedness spells distant from nan Blues astatine Vitesse Arnhem, Southampton and Fulham.

Everton's head of football, Kevin Thelwell, said: "Having monitored Armando's travel for a number of years, we're very pleased to person been capable to bring him to nan club.

"Armando is still a young subordinate who has already built up immoderate awesome acquisition but personification we besides consciousness has tons much imaginable to beryllium unlocked."

Everton are yet to people a Premier League extremity this play and head Sean Dyche will dream that, erstwhile he is fit, nan summation of Broja will adhd immoderate much-needed potency to their attacking play.

With Orel Mangala joining nan nine connected indebtedness from Lyon connected Friday, Broja becomes nan sixth caller subordinate to subordinate Dyche's squad this summertime aft midfielder Tim Iroegbunam, defender Jake O'Brien, attacking midfielder Iliman Ndiaye and on-loan winger Jesper Lindstrom.