Lucas Digne has joined Everton from Barcelona this morning, the club has confirmed on their official website.

According to reports from the Liverpool Echo, the 25-year-old has joined the Blues on a five-year deal that could be worth over £20 million.

Digne will wear the #12 shirt at the club he becomes Everton’s second signing of the summer following the arrival of Richarlison from Warford.

The French full-back has revealed his pride in joining the Merseyside club and added that following a meeting with Marco Silva he was convinced about leaving the Catalan club.

He took to social networking site Twitter to express his reaction after joining the club. He wrote:

Very proud to join the Everton’s family let’s go #EFC pic.twitter.com/a4ZcDTjuST

— Lucas Digne (@LucasDigne) August 1, 2018

Silva has praised the player highly, claiming he is a high quality defender with good technical ability.

The France international joined Barcelona in 2016 from PSG, but he struggled to get regular games at the Catalan club.

Digne is a top quality player and he would be expected to make a strong impact at the Merseyside club.