Everton have confirmed that Turkish forward Cenk Tosun has officially joined the club from Besiktas.

Tosun has been strongly linked with a move to Goodison Park over the last couple of weeks, and the Toffees have now officially signed the 26-year-old on a four-and-a-half-year contract.

"It feels great to be an Everton player," Tosun told evertontv. "I'm really happy to be here and happy that everything is done. I'm really excited to play for Everton as soon as possible. Everton is a great club with a big history and a big culture and I'm looking forward to showing the fans the kind of player I am.

"I bring my skills here and everybody is going to see what kind of player I am. I believe I can be a good player in the Premier League for Everton. The Premier League is a strong league, I know that, so my own physical strength will help me. Also I can use both feet the same and I believe I am a good striker in the box.

"I'm really looking forward to training with my teammates and getting to know them and, of course, I want to play as soon as possible. The Tottenham game will be the first game I am available for and I'm very excited about it already.

"I'm really excited to work with my new teammates because Everton has really, really big names, big players. I'm excited to play with them and to learn from them as well, players like Wayne Rooney and the very good creative players we have here, too. They can help me score goals."

Tosun leaves Besiktas having scored 41 times in just 96 league appearances for the Turkish outfit.