Everton have now officially sold Lucas Digne to Aston Villa, and in return are set to take one of their players off their hands and a fresh update on the move has been revealed.

What's the word?

Fabrizio Romano has revealed an update on Everton's signing of Anwar El Ghazi.

The Italian transfer insider tweeted in the early hours of this morning:

"Anwar El Ghazi has signed his contract as new Everton player, deal sealed and here-we-go confirmed. Medical completed, official announcement will be today.

"El Ghazi joins on loan from Aston Villa. Buy option clause [not mandatory] is also included in the deal."

Fans will be furious

The move for El Ghazi to Everton is one that will come tinged with negativity, as he is signing at the cost of fan favourite, Digne, and when you look at Everton's team, the signing of a winger doesn't seem to be a priority position to fill in the team.

After all, they already have the likes of Andros Townsend, Demarai Gray, Anthony Gordon and Alex Iwobi at their disposal in that area of the pitch.

Toffees fans have taken to social media to share their thoughts and their confusion on the signing of the Dutch attacker, with one fan exclaiming:

"We're wasting money to replace players who don't get a game then? El Ghazi to replace our 5th choice winger? Clearly the priority should have been a CDM/CM to replace Allan, one of our best players, essential to breaking up play, who Rafa seems determined to drive out next."

Another furious fan tweeted:

"Gone from Carlo, James, Digne to Rafa, Rondon, El Ghazi. Biggest downgrade in history."

Indeed, it's easy to see why they're so angry about proceedings. The club seems to have not learned their lesson about wasting money on players that they don't need, with owner Farhad Moshiri making a large number of signings in his time as owner of the club.

He has spent over £500m without the Toffees progressing or winning any trophies in the process, and as a consequence, they now that they sit 15th in the Premier League, just six points off relegation.

Therefore, the idea of signing a player who isn't even a regular at one of their league rivals is a puzzling one as it's unlikely to take them to the next level at all.

It will be interesting to see how Benitez will fit the Villa man into his line-up and whether he will become a first-team player, replacing a starter already in the side.

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