Allan addresses Everton and praises the influence of ‘Professor Ancelotti’ | Football

Everton have completed the hiring of the Napoli midfielder Allan for a fee of £ 22 million plus £ 2.6 million in add-ons, and the Brazilian agreed to a three-year contract until the end of June 2023.

The 29-year-old played 61 games with Carlo Ancelotti when the Everton manager was in charge of Napoli and has nine caps for his country, having won the America’s Cup alongside his new teammate Richarlison last year. Allan said he could not turn down the opportunity to work with the Italian again and join a club “with a rich history and real ambition.”

“It is a real pleasure to join Everton. I am immensely happy to be here, ”Allan said. “I hope, as I have done in my entire career, to contribute with my performances together with my teammates and to have great games, great performances and to win important things.

“They are a club with a rich history in the Premier League, they have real ambition and then there is Professor Ancelotti. He’s done everything he can to bring me here. It’s the size of the club and the name of the manager, which means you don’t think twice about coming to Everton. “

Allan was previously with Udinese, Napoli’s rival, for three years; In his last campaign in 2014-15 he ranked as the top winner of the ball in the five major European leagues, after being transferred from Vasco da Gama in Brazil.

“An important part of my game is scoring and the desire to win absolutely every ball,” he added. “I think that with my desire I can do very good performances to win over the fans and I hope to win things too. There will be a lot of dedication on my part, a lot of dedication, a lot. I received a lot of messages from Everton fans and that made me very happy and confident in the work I can do here. “

Allan played more than 200 times for Napoli, including 158 Serie A appearances and 26 Champions League appearances. He participated in all 38 league games in 2017-18 when Napoli racked up 91 points to finish second close to Juventus in Serie A.
He won the Coppa Italia, Italy’s main national cup competition, in his final season at the Stadio San Paolo.