Ramiro Funes Mori: River Plate defender joins Everton for £9.5m

Everton have signed defender Ramiro Funes Mori from Argentine club River Plate for £9.5m on a five-year deal.

The 24-year-old passed his medical last week at Goodison Park but had been waiting for a work permit.
Everton have turned down three bids from Chelsea for centre-half John Stones, the last of which was £30m.
Meanwhile, the Toffees are close to bringing winger Aaron Lennon, 28, back to Goodison Park from Tottenham in a £5m deal.
Lennon enjoyed a successful loan spell at Everton last season, making 14 appearances and scoring two goals.

Mori joined River Plate in 2008 as a youth player and made 108 appearances, scoring 10 goals.
He has one international cap for Argentina, making his debut in March when his side beat El Salvador 2-0 in a friendly match.
"Everton did everything to bring me over and I wanted to come. They have a lot of good players, so I'm very happy to be here," said Mori, a centre-half.
"When I heard about Everton's interest, I didn't think twice and I'm going to give it 100% every time I go out there to play."