Winger Kevin Mirallas will join Fiorentina from Everton subject to a medical, the club have announced.
The Serie A club are set to seal the signing of the Belgian winger on a season-long loan deal, subject to routine medical checks.
The Toffees confirmed the news of Mirallas departure on their official Twitter account.
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— Everton (@Everton) August 4, 2018
The 30-year-old made 186 appearances for the Goodison Park outfit, scoring 38 goals and registering 34 assists.
OPINION
This is a deal that all Everton fans were expecting to happen over the last few months, it has taken a while to come to fruition but with just six days of the window to go, they’ve finally managed to offload the Belgian. This confirmed transfer news means that the club’s decision to give him the number eight shirt for the upcoming season even more ridiculous. Why would the club give such a prestigious number to a player who was clearly on the verge of leaving when the numbers were announced? It is an absolutely inexplicable decision by the Toffees and one that the Goodison Park faithful clearly disagreed with when it was announced. The fans will now be hoping that someone else is brought in who is actually good enough to wear the famous number eight shirt at Everton because Mirallas certainly was not. Marco Silva has done the right thing by getting the Belgian off the wage bill, now he must bring in a better quality replacement.