{"id":601010,"date":"2021-08-31T17:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T21:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=601010"},"modified":"2021-08-31T18:05:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T22:05:41","slug":"everton-close-to-signing-salomon-rondon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/everton-close-to-signing-salomon-rondon\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton Sign Salomon Rondon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/30\/arsenal-everton-ainsley-maitland-niles\/\" target=\"_self\">Everton<\/a> have completed the signing of Salomon Rondon from Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional.<\/p>\n<p>The deal sees the Venezuela international reunite with current Toffees manager Rafa Benitez, who originally signed him for the Chinese side in 2019, but also during his tenure at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/newcastle-david-brooks\/\" target=\"_self\">Newcastle United<\/a> in the 2018\/19 campaign.<\/p>\n<h2>Everton Sign Salomon Rondon<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcome to Everton, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/salorondon23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@salorondon23<\/a>! \ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AvoCET61bU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/AvoCET61bU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Everton (@Everton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Everton\/status\/1432825553988562948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Rondon Set to Work With Rafa Benitez Yet Again<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Rondon, 31, first arrived in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/30\/manchester-united-break-premier-league-record\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League<\/a> in 2015 with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/09\/liam-delap-daryl-dike-west-brom\/\" target=\"_self\">West Bromwich Albion<\/a> and spent three seasons at The Hawthorns before joining Benitez at Newcastle on loan.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During his loan spell for the season at St James\u2019 Park, he scored <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/salomon-rondon\/leistungsdatenverein\/spieler\/80197\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">12 goals in 33 league games<\/a>, after netting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/salomon-rondon\/leistungsdatenverein\/spieler\/80197\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">28 goals during his stint at West Brom<\/a> before that.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now, he has sealed a return to England to work alongside Benitez again, at Everton on this occasion, following their successful spells at various clubs.<\/p>\n<p>The Toffees will view Rondon\u2019s previous experience and knack for goal scoring in the league as paramount to them breaking into the elusive \u2018top six\u2019 this season.<\/p>\n<h3>Everton Find Their Replacement for Moise Kean<\/h3>\n<p>Rondon will make the move to Goodison Park as a direct replacement for Moise Kean, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/28\/juventus-reach-agreement-to-sign-moise-kean\/\" target=\"_self\">left the club to rejoin former side Juventus<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old forward came through the Juventus academy and made his breakthrough to the senior team in the 2016\/17 season. Everton signed Kean from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/burnley-offered-chance-to-sign-weston-mckennie-on-loan-from-juventus\/\" target=\"_self\">Juventus<\/a> in 2019, but it simply hasn\u2019t worked out for him in Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>The Italy international is set to make his return to the reigning <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/20\/serie-a-newcomers\/\" target=\"_self\">Serie A<\/a> champions on a deal structured as two years, with an option to buy at its conclusion. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Defender <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/everton-defender-niels-nkounkou-joins-standard-liege-on-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Niels Nkounkou<\/a> has also departed the club, joining Standard Liege in Belgium on loan for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Z26Pi9x-T9538GTE4StJZw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1286225801\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Z26Pi9x-T9538GTE4StJZw',sig:'rKdLS9WIt0Z6zubOrpb03E_YCj2X45b8nj8NSRTR-cY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1286225801',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton have completed the signing of Salomon Rondon from Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional. The deal sees the Venezuela international reunite with current Toffees manager Rafa Benitez, who originally signed him for the Chinese side in 2019, but also during his tenure at Newcastle United in the 2018\/19 campaign. 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