Everton manager Frank Lampard has explained why he wanted to sign James Garner from Manchester United.
After helping Nottingham Forest win promotion back into the Premier League Garner returned to Old Trafford this summer and hoped to force his way into first-team plans after the club appointed Erik ten Hag as a permanent successor to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
However, although he went on tour with the United squad, Garner was deemed surplus to requirements and several top-flight clubs formed an orderly queue for his signature. In the end, though, it was Everton and Lampard who won the race for his services as the Toffees rubber-stamped an initial £9million switch on deadline day.
