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Conor McAleny is set to leave Everton this summer.

The 23-year-old forward will enter the final year of his contract in June and is now expected to leave Goodison permanently.

McAleny struggled for first-team chances at Everton under David Moyes and Roberto Martinez and has amassed just three appearances since 2011.

The Whiston-born player has been with the club since the age of 11 but since 2012 has spent the bulk of his time out on loan.

And as he moves into the final 12 months of the three year deal he signed in the summer of 2014, McAleny is looking to leave the Blues.

McAleny scored four times in helping Wigan Athletic gain promotion back to the Championship in the second-half of the season and a return to the DW Stadium would be appealing for the young striker.

But McAleny is understood to be keeping his options open as he plots the next move in his career away from Goodison.

Axed boss Martinez had insisted that despite the club sending McAleny out for a fifth loan spell of his career, he still had a long-term future at Goodison.

He said: “Of course, he has,” declared Martinez.

“Conor, like any other youngster, needs to go out on loan and experience different dressing rooms, different ways of being managed and different ways of playing and Conor had a really difficult experience at Charlton with three different managers so, now, we are looking for some stability going to Wigan.”

But the ECHO understands that McAleny is likely to leave Everton on a permanent basis this summer.