{"id":155435,"date":"2018-07-29T21:23:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T21:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulcentralmagazine.com\/lucas-digne-leaves-barcelona-pre-season-training-camp-to-seal-toffees-move\/"},"modified":"2018-07-29T21:23:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T21:23:02","slug":"lucas-digne-leaves-barcelona-pre-season-training-camp-to-seal-toffees-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulcentralmagazine.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/29\/lucas-digne-leaves-barcelona-pre-season-training-camp-to-seal-toffees-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Digne leaves Barcelona pre-season training camp to seal Toffees move"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__headline-section\"><span class=\"article__kicker theme__copy-color\">MERSEYSIDE BOUND<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"article__subdeck theme__border-color\" wp_automatic_readability=\"32\">\n<p>Digne looks set to become Marco Silva&#8217;s second signing as Everton manager<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"54.679493195683\">\n<p class=\"article__content article__content--intro\">Everton are reportedly on the verge of completing a deal to sign Barcelona defender Lucas Digne.<\/p>\n<p>The French international has been with the Barca squad for their pre-season tour of the USA and was an unused substitute in their <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/405182\/what-happened-in-the-tottenham-v-barcelona-game-result-for-pre-season-friendly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">penalty shootout win over Tottenham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"0\">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thesun-article-image wp-image-405392\" alt=\"Digne has 21 France appearances to his name but his lack or first-team football at Barca meant he missed out on a place in the squad at the World Cup\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/GettyImages-937278118.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960&amp;quality=100\" width=\"960\" height=\"601\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n\t\tDigne has 21 France appearances to his name but his lack or first-team football at Barca meant he missed out on a place in the squad at the World Cup\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the LaLiga champions have confirmed the left-back has been granted permission to return to Spain in order to finalise the transfer.<\/p>\n<p>They tweeted: \u201cLucas Digne travels today [Sunday] to Barcelona with the club\u2019s permission to finalise his departure from the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11671\/11453762\/everton-near-signing-of-barcelona-defender-lucas-digne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Sports<\/a> claims Digne\u2019s transfer could be confirmed later tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining 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