JELAVIC COMPLETES EVERTON MOVE

Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic has joined Everton on a four-and-a-half-year contract.

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Jelavic is introduced to the Everton fans

Jelavic is introduced to the Everton fans

Everton's new signing Nikica Jelavic hopes to be able to continue his good goalscoring form in England having made the move from Rangers.

The 26-year-old, who signed a four-and-a-half-year deal, admits he is making a step up in terms of quality but hopes to be able to maintain the standards he has set for himself.

He scored 36 times in just 55 appearances for the Scottish club, having been signed for £4million in the summer of 2010 from Rapid Vienna - for whom he hit 40 goals in 93 games in three seasons in the Austrian league.

"It is a big thing for me and it is a new step in my career, a step forward," he said. "I am very pleased and very excited, it is a new challenge for me.

"The Scottish Premier League is not as high a level as here in England but I think it will help a lot as it is not so much a big difference.

"I think I can bring some good football and to score many goals and to try to win some trophies."

Asked what his best attribute was, Jelavic added: "Scoring goals. In the last couple of seasons my record has shown that and hopefully I can continue that at Everton."

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