Malcom is set to snub Everton and sign for Roma, Bordeaux have confirmed.
The Toffees had been closing in on a £30million move for the Brazilian winger, and were prepared to hand him a five-year deal worth around £80,000 a week at Goodison Park.
New Everton boss Marco Silva saw the midfielder as the perfect player for the attacking 4-3-3 system he intends to utilise this season, after failing to lure Wilfred Zaha from Crystal Palace.
But the former Watford manager has missed out on Malcom too, after Ligue 1 club Bordeaux took to Twitter to confirm a deal has been agreed to sell the player.
The tweet read: “Bordeaux informs you that an agreement has been reached, subject to the signature of the administrative documents, with Roma for the transfer of Malcolm.”
Everton have been looking for a man to replace Yannick Bolasie, who the club are trying to loan him out to Turkish club Fenerbahce.
The 29-year-old isn’t keen on the move however, having settled in the UK with his family.
Bolasie still has three years left on a lucrative contract at Everton after being signed in 2016 for £25m from Palace by then boss Ronald Koeman.
But his spell on Merseyside has been wrecked by a bad knee injury suffered in his debut season against Manchester United, and Silva, alongside new director of football Marcel Brands, has been told to trim the squad and wage bill.
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