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Report: Everton join pursuit for former player Antonee Robinson, £2m deal agreed elsewhere

Everton have joined the race for USA international Antonee Robinson, in a de💙al that would bring the defender back to Goodison Park. 

, who suggest Everton are𒐪 attempting to hijack Sheffield United’s £2 million deal for the player, along with recently promoted Fulham. 

Everton are looking for a replacement for Leighton Baineꦫs, who has retired, who can provide back-up and competition for first-cꦏhoice option Lucas Digne. 

Robinson, who saw a January move to AC Milan collapse due to a heart condition that has self ratified without treatment, was at Everton from the age 🌌of 11 until Marcel Brands and co decided to sell him to Wigan after a successful loan spell last summer. 

He went on to be a roaring success at the DW Stadium but the Latics’ financial problems mean he could be availabﷺle on the cheap this summer. 

NAIROBI, KENYA – JULY 7: Photo by Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images

Robinson actually recently spoke to the about his future and his faile♐d Milan move, where he mentioned his lack🦩 of opportunities at Everton. 

“It (moving to Milan) would have been the move of dreams. Moving away, abro🌃ad, at✅ a really exciting time to go to a top-flight team.

“I never got my chance at Everton, so for a top-flight team that I was a player they’d like to give 🦄a chance to, it was a really exciting time in my life.”

Robinson would again 🔯be facing an uphill battle for first-team football if he returned to Everton, with Digne undisputed first-choice. However, he is undoubtedly a much-improved player compared to 12 months’ time, when Everton made the c𓆏ontentious decision to let him go. 

However, the chance🌃 to return to Goodison and finally prove himself as the successor to Baines might just be♉ too hard to resist for the 23-year-old.