Mikel Arteta believes Everton supporters are the best in the Premier League.

The midfielder has now left the club’s pre-season tour and returned to Spain where he will get married tomorrow. Arteta has hailed the team ethic at Everton while highlighting the desire to win at the club.

“I think all the players here are really committed and we all work really hard,” said the midfielder.

“We’ve got a great group of players, we have a great belief in what we do and we want to win things. We haven’t been able to do that in recent years but it’s really tough to make that next step and compete with the big teams. We have an unbelievable crowd, the fans are really special and really loyal to the club, as we (the players) are. I think we’ve probably got the best fans in the Premier League.”

Everton play the last of a three game tour of Australian tomorrow morning (Saturday) when they take on A-League side, Brisbane Roar at the Suncorp Stadium - 10:30am kick-off.

They will also be without Tim Cahill who has been granted special leave to be best man at Arteta’s wedding.