Arteta urges Everton to think big in transfer market

Mikel Arteta wants Everton to have big ambitions in the transfer market this summer.

"We have to strengthen the team and at the moment we haven’t done it,” he explained in an interview with the club’s official website.

"Jo’s a big name, but it’s not like a new signing because he was here before with us.

"David Moyes is really good at picking up bargains and he knows how to get 100% out of those players in training and in the games.

"But that doesn’t mean a club like us should not have ambition to fight and try to get the top players because if he’s able to do that with good players, give him a chance with big, big names and we will see what we are able to do.

"We are in the Europa League again, and when you have that experience, like last season, we need to be ready for that.

"We can’t wait again until transfer deadline day. But at the same time the market is quite complicated at the moment because you have some very powerful teams buying top players at the moment.

"So we need to be calm and patient at the moment."