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The 27-year old only moved to Goodison Park in January 2016 from Lokomotiv Moscow after a fee of ?13.5m was agreed.
However, since then, he has failed to live up to his billing and spent the second half of last season on loan at Hull City.
Brighton and Crystal Palace were interested in signing the Senegal international.