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Everton have confirmed they have agreed a deal with Plymouth Argyle to take Dan Gosling to Goodison Park.
The defender has come through the ranks at Home Park and made his first-team debut aged just 16.
He has made 10 Championship appearances for the play-off chasing Pilgrims this season and has been involved with the England U17 and U18 sides.
Gosling only signed a contract with Paul Sturrock's side back in September, committing himself to the club until 2010, but the lure of the Premier League has proved too great.
He is not expected to feature for the first-team this term but has been highlighted as an exciting prospect for the future by Toffees boss David Moyes.
The deal is expected to be finalised later in the week and will represent the second piece of business completed between the two sides this week after Lucas Jutkiewicz completed a loan move to the south coast outfit on Monday.
Southend are believed to have had a �250,000 bid for Plymouth striker Rory Fallon accepted. Steve Tilson is a long-term admirer of the skilful forward, who joined the Pilgrims from Swansea City last January. However, he has found first-team football at Home Park hard to come by and the Plymouth Evening Herald claim a bid from the Shrimpers has been accepted.
The Southend Echo appears to back up the rumours, claiming today that Southend have bid �250,000 for a striker from a Championship club.
Steve Tilson has been looking to boost his forward line for several months, and attempted to sign Fallon back in January 2006, but the striker instead opted for Swansea.
Fallon, 25, has netted 48 league goals in 129 starts for Barnsley, Shrewsbury (loan), Swindon, Yeovil (loan), Swansea and Plymouth.
He stands at 6ft 2ins tall, and will be remembered by Blues fans for the double he scored against the Shrimpers in the game at the Liberty Stadium which saw Blues clinch promotion from League One in April 2006.
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