Jo is toast of Toffees

Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard has piled praise on loan signing Jo following his impressive debut for the club. The Brazilian striker has joined the Toffees on a deal which is set to run until the end of the season after enduring a disappointing start to life in England with Manchester City.Jo arrived at Eastlands for £19million over the summer, but has failed to live up to that sizeable price tag.He looked a shadow of the player that consistently caught the eye at CSKA Moscow and had forced his way into international reckoning with his country.However, having a bagged a brace on his Everton debut against Bolton on Saturday, Howard believes Jo will prove his true worth on Merseyside."Jo looked dangerous, he scored a fine goal in the second half and won a penalty. Then when we got a second penalty nobody was going to take it away from him, that would have been greedy," said the American shot-stopper."You need a good start when you come to a new club and he certainly got that. For him it was fantastic."English football is crazy. You see so many top players coming here and it can be difficult for them."Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. And it really makes a man out of you when you come to play in England."Jo is talented, we have seen that in training. Nobody pays £19million for someone who is not very good. He has a huge reputation but sometimes it doesn't work out."He needed a move and a change of scenery, and hopefully we can give him the confidence and support he needs. We have been really upbeat with him in training, he seems a really good guy."He got his goals, the crowd were really behind him and it has started really well for him here."

Source: SKY_Sports