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AC Milan sign Everton winger Gerard Deulofeu on season-long loan

Everton winger Gerard Deulofeu has joined AC Milan on loan until the end of the season, the club have announced.

Deulofeu, 22, joined Everton from Barcelona in 2013 on a season-long loan and secured a permanent deal in the summer of 2015. He scored eight goals in 75 appearances for the club, but has only played 13 times so far this season and has fallen down the pecking order.

Milan, currently seventh in Serie A and 11 points behind leaders Juventus, mistakenly announced the signing of Deulofeu on their Twitter account on Friday, before multiple reports said Everton officials were furious at the Italian side's premature announcement.

Milan then deleted the tweet, leaving confusion until Milan CEO Adriano Galliani told Mediaset Premium on Saturday that talks were still ongoing.

Everton manager Ronald Koeman said on Thursday that he would not stand in Deulofeu's way from moving after freezing out the player in recent weeks.

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