Everton news: Carlos Alcaraz deal a ‘no brainer’

Paul Brown from the Paddock Blues podcast spoke to BBC Radio Merseyside about Carlos Alcaraz signing for Everton on a permanent deal: “It was a no-brainer, at the end of the season it was the deal we all wanted to be done straight away so I’m really happy about it.

“He just has something different about him – he gets his head up and runs with the ball and is always looking for options around him. We don’t have a lot of players who are comfortable on the ball but he is definitely in that category.”

On Abdoulaye Doucoure’s departure, he added: “Of course they are both footballers, but I would call Alcaraz more of a ‘footballer’ than Doucoure. We are trying to go down a different route and we will want the ball more going forward.

“I would have kept him personally, but if he went than so be it. We need to move on as a club from the past five years and start fresh with a new ground and owners.”