Beckford signs for Everton

Everton have signed Leeds United attacker Jermaine Beckford on a four-year deal.

Beckford, 26, scored 31 goals for the Yorkshire club last season, the last of which came on the final day against Bristol Rovers, which clinched promotion from League One.

In total Beckford scored 85 goals in 150 appearances in all competitions for Leeds.

The former Wealdstone striker’s contract at Elland Road was cancelled last week and now he joins the Toffees after passing a medical at Everton's Finch Farm training complex.

He said: "I am excited by it. It's going to be a test, I know that, but I am looking forward to it.

"I want to test myself at the highest level and luckily for me, David Moyes showed an interest in me, showed some faith in me and hopefully I can repay that.

"I've been impressed a lot by him. He seems like the type of guy who will sit down and tell you where you're going wrong, what you're doing right and what you might need to work on.

"It is a club I can learn from and it can help me develop into a better player. Fingers crossed, I can be really involved in taking this club where it wants to be."