Everton have signed Dutch international Arnaut Danjuma on a season-long loan from Villarreal ahead of Tuesday night’s friendly against Wanderers.

Danjuma had a stint at Tottenham during the second half of last season, scoring twice in 12 appearances for the London outfit.

“It’s amazing to join Everton and I’m really happy to be here,” the forward told the club website. “It’s been a long time coming to join such a massive club as Everton and it makes me proud.

“I had interest from other clubs but there was a pull towards Everton because of the fans, the manager and the history of the club and it’s second time lucky for me.”

He added: “I hope to bring a lot of goals and a lot of assists. The manager has clearly improved the team and there is a process ahead with him in charge that I am very excited to be a part of.

“I am very eager to perform and very determined to contribute to the entire club. There’s no vein in my body that doubts my quality, and I’m very determined to now show that for the Evertonians.”

Everton could also welcome back Demarai Gray, Jarrad Branthwaite and James Garner for their friendly against Wanderers.

Gray has been representing Jamaica at the CONCAF Gold Cup, while Branthwaite and Garner were part of the England squad that won the European Under-21 Championship.

Dominic Calvert-Lewis, Amadou Onana, Vitalii Mykolenko and Dele Alli missed the recent friendly against Wigan as they recover from their respective injuries. Andre Gomes and Jean-Philippe Gbamin are also yet to feature in pre-season.

Assistant manager Ian Woan explained: We are a little bit shy on numbers but, as you say, we get the three internationals back next week and then hopefully a couple of the injured boys who are closing in on a return towards the end of the week as well.”