Everton’s Carlos Alcaraz: ‘Moyes only says hola in Spanish, but his English is very clear’

Argentinian wants to settle down at his fourth club in three years and has begun like a house on fire at ‘loco’ Goodison

To describe Everton’s first impressions of Carlos Alcaraz as positive would be something of an understatement. He was the light in the gloom of an FA Cup exit against Bournemouth, looking the epitome of a gifted Argentinian midfielder as soon as he was introduced for his debut. One start for David Moyes’s team and Everton fans were singing Alcaraz’s name after he marked the occasion with an assist plus an 80th-minute winner at Crystal Palace last Saturday.

One taste of a Merseyside derby, meanwhile, and the feeling was mutual. “Loco, loco,” says Alcaraz, shaking his head and smiling about the mayhem that was the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park. “It was a mad derby, a crazy match. We were ahead, we were behind and then we managed to get a draw at the end of a pulsating game. To say that was my first derby wearing this shirt is fantastic. I really enjoyed it.”

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