Marcel Brands insists there is no time to waste as he begins his role as Everton's director of football.

The 56-year-old will officially join Everton from PSV Eindhoven on Friday and has revealed how he has bought a house close to the Toffees training facility, Finch Farm.

"With the pressure on my time and in my job [at PSV] it was difficult to look for houses by myself, so my wife travelled twice to Merseyside and the Club was very helpful with Kim which was really great," Brands told the club's website. "We have found a house, a perfect house, 20 minutes from Finch Farm and hopefully I can move in directly on June 1.

"I think it is important for me to be in the area immediately because there is a lot of work to do, so then it is good to live in the area. My wife was shown around and she was very impressed with what the area has to offer and, for me, it's really important to live there as soon as possible, in order to be close to work."