Everton and Jean-Philippe Gbamin have negotiated the termination of the Ivorian’s contract, freeing him to join a new club after a nightmare spell with the Blues.
A hugely promising £23m signing from Mainz four years ago, Gbamin suffered a serious quad muscle tear just a week after making his Everton debut and managed just three senior starts in his entire time at Goodison Park thanks to a succession of injury issues.
His recovery from his first injury was set back by a ruptured Achilles in the spring of 2020 and sporadic soft-tissue complaints after that ensured that he would play only eight times for the club.
Loan spells at CSKA Moscow and Trabsonspor followed and by the time he entered the final year of his Everton contract, he was recovering from yet another injury but had vowed not to return to Merseyside.
Instead, he remained in Paris while he recuperated and when neither a loan nor permanent move came to fruition this summer, it was agreed by both parties to simply rip up his contract to make him a free agent.