I snubbed Arsenal claims Mirallas

It's always nice to know that a player has joined the club for the right reasons and indications are that Kevin Mirallas has done just that.

The 24-year-old Belgian made the move to Goodison Park for a fee reportedly of around £5.3million on Sunday, signing a four-year-deal.

The former Olympiacos striker had quite publicly admitted that both Everton and Arsenal were interested in signing him. Almost flirting with both clubs before making a decision.

Now we thought that it was someone merely looking for the biggest pay packet, but as he actually signed for Everton. That's probably unlikely!

Moving to Arsenal would have been the easier decision, Champions League football and probably higher wages, but it would seem that actually joining a club where you have a bigger part to play amongst the squad was more important to Mirallas.

"Discussions were at quite an advanced stage with Arsenal, But it was always clear that it was going to be totally down to me to make the decision.

"From the word go I was really impressed by the extent to which the manager wanted me here. Mirallas told evertonfc.com "He showed a lot of confidence. I was convinced that what was important for me at this stage of my career was to get plenty of time on the field."

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