Everton centre forward Cenk Tosun has completed his much-anticipated return to Besiktas on loan until the end of the season.
Tosun joined Everton in 2018 from Besiktas for a sizeable £27million, but has failed to make himself a first-team regular under successive managers. He has scored a meagre nine goals in 49 Premier League games for the Toffees.
The Turkey international has played just 164 minutes of football this season, making five substitute appearances in the Premier League and starting only against Championship side Rotherham United in the FA Cup third round, a game in which he scored.
Emphasising how far down the pecking order he has fallen, Tosun has played a total of 12 minutes of league football since early December.
The 29-year-old enjoyed a much more fruitful spell in the four years he spent at Besiktas before coming to the Premier League, netting 41 goals in 96 games.
Tosun had been linked with several clubs, including Besiktas' Turkish rivals Fenerbahce. Celta Vigo and CSKA Moscow had also shown interest in Tosun but he preferred to return to Turkey if Besiktas agree on a bonus plus his salary.
