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Everton have signed the left-back Lucas Digne from Barcelona for a fee that could rise to £18m.

The 25-year-old arrives on a five-year deal and becomes Marco Silva’s second recruit after the signing of the forward Richarlison from Watford.

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Digne told evertontv: “Everton is a big club with a great history. I want to play games, win games and excite the fans with the quality of our football. I want to show my best football here and discover the best league in the world.

“Everybody loves the Premier League. I am loving the fact I am coming here. I am not afraid, I am excited. For me, it is a new challenge to discover a country, a league, people and a great club such as Everton. It is fabulous.”

Digne moved to PSG from first club Lille in the summer of 2013. He won consecutive championships before spending a season on loan in Serie A with Roma.

Sheffield United have signed the Liverpool forward Ben Woodburn on a season-long loan deal. Woodburn, who became Liverpool’s youngest goalscorer when he netted in an EFL Cup win against Leeds aged 17 in November 2016, made 11 appearances for the club and also played seven times and scored one goal for Wales.

Chris Wilder said of the 18-year-old on the Championship club’s website: “Ben is a great signing for us, he is an exciting player with undoubted quality. He’s been involved with Liverpool throughout their pre-season and I’m delighted they’ve trusted us with one of their outstanding young prospects, who is a full international as a teenager.

“It’s his first loan move and I’m sure it will be a great one for all parties. He makes goals and score goals with both feet, he can play in a couple of attacking positions and gives us flexibility at the top of the pitch.”

Sheffield United said they had “fought off fierce competition from a number of Championship clubs” to secure the services of the Liverpool academy product.

Sunderland defender Lamine Koné is set to join Strasbourg on loan. The Ivory Coast international has been training with the League One club’s Under-23 side in pre-season.