Everton have completed the signing of English winger Jack Harrison on a season-long loan from Leeds United.
Aston Villa made a late move to sign the 26-year-old but he passed a medical with Everton on Monday.
Everton said he will continue his rehabilitation from a minor hip injury before being available for selection.
Harrison is Everton’s fourth summer signing following the arrivals of full-back Ashley Young, winger Arnaut Danjuma and striker Youssef Chermiti.
The rebuild at Leeds United under Daniel Farke is set to continue following the departure of winger Jack Harrison. Harrison has missed Leeds’ opening few games of the season
through injury and he will leave Elland Road without kicking a ball for Leeds this season.
Newcastle United have been long-term admirers of Harrison and had multiple bids for the winger rejected last summer. The 26-year-old will play Premier League football with
Everton this season after the Toffees activated a relegation clause in Harrison’s contract to sign him on-loan for the season.
Despite Everton sealing a deal for Harrison and the player travelling for a medical, there was reportedly a final hitch that threatened to derail his move to Goodison Park. Fabrizio
Romano reported that Aston Villa had made an eleventh-hour bid for Harrison and that he may instead move to Villa Park, rather than Merseyside.
However, as per David Ornstein, Everton were ‘too close’ to a deal for Villa’s interest to scupper their chances of signing the Leeds man. Harrison scored five goals and registered
seven assists last season and joins last season’s second-lowest Premier League scorers aiming to help Sean Dyche’s side stave-off relegation worries.
Harrison joins Arnaut Danjuma in joining Everton this summer with the former Bournemouth man also having been linked with a move to St James’ Park in the not too distant
past. The Toffees currently sit in 16th place in the Premier League following their 1-0 defeat to Fulham on Saturday.
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