Deulofeu completes move back to Barcelona

Dom Farrell

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Spain winger Gerard Deulofeu has completed his return to Barcelona from Everton.

The La Liga giants exercised a buyback clause in the deal that saw the 23-year-old move to Goodison Park in 2015 two weeks ago after he impressed while on loan at AC Milan during the second half of last season.

Deulofeu, 23, completed his medical at Barcelona on Friday before signing a contract running until June 2019 at the club's offices.

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Barca did not disclose the fee paid for Deulofeu, although it has been widely reported to be €12million.

The winger only two substitute appearances in La Liga with Barcelona in his first stint with the club, but is hoping to change that this time around and become established in the first team.

He recently captained Spain's Under-21 team at the European Championships, where they fell 1-0 to Germany in the final.

Full-back Nelson Semedo is set to be unveiled as the second signing of Ernesto Valverde's tenure at Camp Nou later on Friday.

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Dom is the senior content producer for Sporting News UK. He previously worked as fan brands editor for Manchester City at Reach Plc. Prior to that, he built more than a decade of experience in the sports journalism industry, primarily for the Stats Perform and Press Association news agencies. Dom has covered major football events on location, including the entirety of Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup in Paris and St Petersburg respectively, along with numerous high-profile Premier League, Champions League and England international matches. Cricket and boxing are his other major sporting passions and he has covered the likes of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennadiy Golovkin and Vasyl Lomachenko live from ringside.