Everton director of football Marcel Brands believes Alex Iwobi can add something different to manager Marco Silva's system.
The Arsenal forward was brought in for 28million on deadline day earlier this month.
Brands said: "[Signing Iwobi] was not an easy one, a young boy that played already a lot of games in the Premier League, Champions League and Europa League.
"But in our eyes, a boy that can play in different positions. Play from the side, also behind the striker.
"In our team we don't have much competition with Gylfi [Sigurdsson]. So I think we have managed it now with Alex.
"He's 23-years-old, already quite experienced and the most important thing: he has goals and assists in his game."
