Everton have signed Portugal international Andre Gomes on a season-long loan from Barcelona.

Gomes, who won the European Championships with Portugal in 2016, has found regular first-team football hard to come by at the Nou Camp since joining the Catalans in a big-money move from Valencia in 2016.

“FC Barcelona and Everton FC have reached an agreement over the loan of the player André Gomes for the 2018/19 season.

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The English club will pay FC Barcelona 2.25 million euros for the season-long loan and will also pay the player’s wages.” Barcelona posted on their website.

The versatile midfielder started just six La Liga matches for Ernesto Valverde’s side last season.

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Gomes made his name at Benfica where he helped the Lisbon-based outfit win a domestic treble in 2014. He joined Valencia that summer before making the move to the Mestella permanent a year later.

The 25-year-old joined Barcelona in a £42m deal in 2016, less than a fortnight after helping Portugal win the European Championship.

Source: Wires