Gray seals his £1.6m move to Everton from Leverkusen

Everton have completed the £1.6m signing of former Leicester City winger Demarai Gray, the club have confirmed.

The 25-year-old former Leicester winger, who has joined the club from Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen for around £1.6m, is new manager Rafael Benitez’s third signing this week.

Gray, now in Orlando with the rest of the squad for the Florida Cup, told Everton’s website: “I’m delighted to be back in the Premier League at such a big club and I’m excited to play with the team and get to work.”

Every completed Premier League transfer this summer

He added: “Speaking to the manager and (director of football) Marcel Brands, I had a really good feel for the club and I feel this is a place where I can continue to develop.

“The manager, with his ambition and what he has won in the past, is important and we’ll look to push forward and compete with the top clubs. I think a club of this magnitude has all the potential to be right up there.

“Collectively with what Marcel and the manager have said to me, everything fits, including the club’s ambitions and goals. Everton are a very big club and the main objective is to be pushing and competing back up there in the table.

“I want to work hard on the training pitch and work my hardest for the club on the pitch.”