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Cenk Tosun has returned to Everton as the club await to find out the extent of an injury while suffered on loan at Crystal Palace.

The striker was sent to the Eagles on loan for the remainder of the 2019/20 campaign in January after struggling to earn regular game time at Goodison Park in the opening months of the term.

However, the temporary spell is in danger of being cut short as the ECHO understands the 28-year-old has returned to Finch Farm.

Some reports have suggested the striker has suffered a serious knee injury although that is yet to be confirmed by the Blues.

Tosun has scored two league goals so far this season, with one coming for Everton in the 1-1 draw with Spurs in November and the other in his temporary side's draw with Man City in January.

The Turkey international aimed to procure as much game-time as possible ahead of this summer's European Championships through his loan move, but had been hampered somewhat by injury.

Tosun missed Palace's 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United in February due to a hamstring problem, and was brought off the bench in his loan club's last two games against Newcastle and Brighton.

Now Everton face a wait to discover the full extent of this problem, with some reports suggesting the striker's EURO 2020 involvement could be in jeopardy.

Last month, it was confirmed by Palace chairman Steve Parish that the London club had an option to purchase the 28-year-old at the end of the season.

He said: Roy [Hodgson] felt we needed more firepower, so we took Cenk [Tosun] and we have got an option to buy him.

"Obviously if we had bought him for £20m or whatever, maybe that would have been a better PR story.

"But he is an excellent player, he is in the building and I think he will be a big help going into the next six months and I see no reason why we couldn’t make that a permanent deal in the summer, if things go well for both parties."