Source: Liverpool_Echo
ROYAL BLUE: Everton FC’s new keeper Jan Mucha ready to rise to the challenge
IN Slovakian, Mucha means 'fly' - as in the insect. And Slovakia's number one goalkeeper intends to live up to the description when he signs for Everton from Legia Warsaw this summer.[LNB]Jan Mucha is already making plans for his arrival on Merseyside, once Slovakia's World Cup commitments have ended.[LNB]The 27-year-old has already targeted an area of Liverpool where he wants to live, is taking English lessons - and has even started collecting Beatles CDs![LNB]Mucha has taken advice from his international team-mate Martin Skrtel and is eagerly anticipating his switch to the Premier League.[LNB]'I already have a good friend in Škrtel. We know each other from the national team and Martin showed me the city,' he explained. 'Thanks to him, I know where I want to live. He has a house near Fernando Torres and other Liverpool and Everton players, so my future neighbourhood is really interesting.[LNB]'I have a private teacher in a language school in Warsaw, and I have even started collecting Beatles CDs.'[LNB]Adding to the translation of his name even further, Mucha is also working towards his pilot's licence - 'I am in the middle of my course,' he confirmed.[LNB]Mucha, the Legia Warszaw keeper, will join Everton on a three-year contract at the end of the season before heading to Rustenburg, Mangaung/Bloemfontein and Johannesburg for his country's World Cup debut. Whenever that journey ends - and with unpredictable Paraguay, minnows New Zealand and fading holders Italy in Slovakia's group he is hopeful of progress from the group stages - the final stop on Mucha's close-season itinerary will be Finch Farm.[LNB]'I had many other offers but when I heard 'Everton', I felt 'this is it',' he added. 'I could have gone to Turkey - there were two big bids. If I'd gone, I would have been a millionaire because the money they offered was staggering. But I would never have forgiven myself if I had not tried England; if I'd rejected an offer from the Premier League.
