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Everton defender Lewis Gibson is expected to point reading to a one-season loan agreement.
As our sister website Liverpool Echo reports, the central defender will be signing up for the Royals at the beginning of next week for the remainder of the season.
The 20-year-old is highly regarded through the Goodison Park hierarchy, allowing him to continue his progression into the Championship.
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The report says that Royals boss Velko Paunovic has inspired discussions between the two clubs and that the move is close.
However, Everton have inserted a clause into the contract that allows them to be removed from the January move-in window if the move doesn’t go as well as expected.
Gibson will be in a fierce war for a place in Reading, with Liam Moore, Michael Morrison, Tom McIntyre and Tom Holmes also competing for first-team runs.
Gibson, a young England international, has not yet appeared in Everton’s first team after the ladder.
He played on loan at Fleetwood Town last season.
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