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El Ghazi becomes Everton's third signing of the January transfer window after the arrivals of Ukraine left-back Vitalii Mykolenko and Scotland right-back Nathan Patterson
The former Ajax player will wear the number 34 shirt for the Toffees and is eligible for Saturday's Premier League trip to Norwich.
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Netherlands international El Ghazi is eligible for Saturday's game against Norwich at Carrow Road.
He expressed his delight at the switch. El Ghazi told EvertonTV: βIβm really excited. Everton is a big club, I cannot wait to get started.
βI want to show my quality to my teammates, to the club and, of course, the fans. I want to put a smile on their faces.
βIβm ready and willing to work hard for it and for all of us to work together.
βIβve met a few fans already and itβs great to see how people live for the club. Itβs basically their religion. You just want to give it your all and show them what you can do to make them happy.
El Ghazi has struggled for game time this season at Villa under both Dean Smith and Steven Gerrard, after the West Midlands club invested heavily in their forward ranks over the summer with the arrival of Danny Ings, Emi Buendia and Leon Bailey. El Ghazi has made nine Premier League appearances, with just four starts.
The 26-year-old has been pushed further down the ranks at Villa in the past week, with Philippe Coutinho joining on loan from Barcelona.
El Ghazi has become Evertonβs third signing of the window, after they moved quickly to secure full-backs Vitalii Mykolenko from Dynamo Kyiv and Nathan Patterson from Rangers.
The Athletic has previously reported that Everton manager Rafa Benitez was keen to add another wide player to his squad, after bringing in Andros Townsend and Demarai Gray in the summer.
