Everton supremo Farhad Moshiri claims Cenk Tosun’s arrival means they have Merseyside’s New Fab Four.

Liverpool’s talented quartet of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho had that moniker until the latter joined Barcelona.

Now Moshiri says Everton boast the latest version following Tosun’s capture from Besiktas for £27million.

The Turkey striker joins Wayne Rooney, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Yannick Bolasie in Everton’s attack and the Blues’ majority shareholder is excited by their potential.

“Now we are comfortable with Cenk Tosun as a focal point, we have Bolasie back, Sigurdsson, Rooney - we have our own Fab Four!” he said.

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“We are optimistic. It’s a big second half to the season for us. With the players coming back and Cenk Tosun, who is a very, very good striker.

“I saw him first in Monaco because I live there and I watched him when Monaco played Besiktas. He single-handedly destroyed them, although it could be a flash!

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“No, he looked very good. I followed him and the coaching staff liked him. There are not a lot of strikers around, so hopefully we’ve hit it right.”

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Moshiri is confident Tosun can continue Everton’s revival under Sam Allardyce and he is also cheered by the return from long-term injury of Bolasie and James McCarthy, while Seamus Coleman is not far away.

“I think we had a very difficult start to the season,” he said. “I don’t deny it, it was a shock to me.

“After the very good season we had last year and the heavy expenditure, expectations were high.

“The team didn’t seem to have a shape, so we had to take action and the team is performing much better now.

“I’m comfortable that in the second half of the year, with Bolasie, McCarthy and Seamus coming back, we will have a very good second half to the season, so I’m quietly confident.”

Moshiri was quick to praise Allardyce for stabilising Everton so quickly when he took over in November and Big Sam is the first Blues boss to go unbeaten in his first seven games.

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Moshiri says Allardyce’s secret is that he simplifies everything for the players and is not surprised he did so well initially.

“He’s a real football man and what you can see is he’s a good tactician, but more importantly, he has a good football brain,” he said.

“He makes things simple, his instructions are clear and Sam just made the team solid. In every department, they are better.

“I'm not really surprised by him because I knew he would do well. That he has done so well is a bonus.”

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