 Welcome to ToffeeTV it is the Everton News Daily. Everton of today completed the signing of Lucas Dignier. The 25 year old French left back has completed his move from Barcelona to Everton. He has signed a five-year deal and said that Marco Silva was instrumental in convincing him to leave the new camp for Goddison Park. He wants to be part of a winning side, I hope he hasn't been watching our pre-season games. He said he wants to be part of a winning side and he wants to achieve things here at Goddison Park. He believes in the project and is looking forward to playing in the Premier League. He's a player who has played in Italy, he's played in France, he's played in Spain so he's moved around already in his career and lived in other countries. Been capped 21 times by France, he played for Lille, Paris Saint-Germain, Roma, Barcelona and now Everton. So he's got a wealth of experience there and I think it's a good bit of business for Everton. I really do. I think he's going to come in and either offer some great competition for Leighton Baines or he's going to replace Leighton Baines and Baines will be the backup and then to have a player of Leighton Baines as you know fighting to try and get in our side means that the quality of the squad has gone up in my opinion. So a really good bit of business by Marcel Brands and Marco Silva in my opinion and they've sorted out that left-hand side which has been a problem. You know, Richard Allison last week, Lucas Dignier this week, there's eight days left that are transfer window and they still need to bring in some other players. One of those players may be Stoke City midfielder Badu and Dai. He's 27 year old Senegalese international being linked with a move to Goodison Park today for a fee of around £14 million. Whether that is accurate, I don't know. But he's obviously a good friend of Ghana and I think I could see them too in the middle of our midfield really playing Marco Silva's pressing game and getting about the pitch and Dai is a box-a-box midfielder player can carry the ball forward. He's done very well in his career. I'm not sure if I'm being totally honest how good he was at Stoke but you know by all accounts he was decent enough and if he's a player that Marco Silva and Marcel Brands have identified then good because we do need someone in that part in the middle of the park who's quick but who can offer something in the final third because at the minute there is very little going on there. Another player we've been linked with who could play in that role is Danny Drinkwater from Chelsea. He is apparently available for loan evidence name thrown in through the hat there as well. Talking of players coming in we know we heard about Rojo and Mina yesterday. They again dominate the news today in terms of centre-backs coming in although apparently news out of Spain is that Jeri Mina is more likely to join Manchester United rather than Everton but we'll have to wait and see on that whether that then tips the scales for Rojo we don't know but another name has been thrown back into the hat today and that is Jamal LaCelle's the Newcastle United centre-back apparently on Everton's wish list and an interesting one. He had a very very good season for Newcastle athletics only 24 years of age commanding. Would Newcastle shell him I suppose for a big enough bid they would which would probably enable Rafa Benitez to go and strengthen in other areas but you know eight days to go till the transfer window shuts you know it's a tough one it'd be a tough one to get him out of there and Middlesbrough's Ben Gibson also mentioned as well today is a possible incoming for Everton so we'll have to watch this space on that. One player going out the door it looks like is Ashley Williams who has been linked with a move to Stoke City on loan you know he's got a year left of his Everton deal and if Everton Stoke come to summer range and over the wages it makes sense to get Ashley Williams out the club and send him off to Stoke where he will offer you know his experience and play for Stoke and you know potentially help them get promotion back to the Premier League we'll have to wait and see on that one. A couple you know couple of bits of good news in terms of plays we already have at the club and Jordan Pickford has revealed that he will return to Finch Farm on Friday ahead of the Valencia game he wasn't due back until next Monday but he has sold us he is on his way back to Finch Farm on Friday and will be training with Everton ahead of the Valencia game so good to get him back in amongst the squad and obviously wants to meet you know where's that bit working with the likes of Marco Silveru is obviously new to the club and another good bit of information and a good bit of news is that Theo Welcott has begun training again ahead of that Valencia game so hopefully you know we haven't seen Theo in action this preseason so hopefully he will be fit enough to take some part in the Valencia game at the weekend ahead of our trip towards the following week. That's it for the news today like I said eight days to go we've brought in two good players we need to ship a few out but we need for me three more at least than that as a centre back a centre of field player and potentially another striker and obviously a belassie and look when go out the door then a winger, Lizardo please or if not Wilf Saha and Marcel Brands and Marco Silver are working hard to to bring in more players and they will have to with just eight days to go in that and thank you very much for watching if you haven't subscribed please do so immediately it takes a second just click the button there and if you want more videos get over to Patreon and join us on there there's lots of stuff this season lots more long-tailed stuff lots of different shows this season so get over there and join lots are already signing up you be the next one come on then go on go over do it now see you later on toffee TV