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The Sun publish apology after Kelvin MacKenzie's Ross Barkley article

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Ronald Koeman is hopeful Ross Barkley will sign a new contract with Everton before the season ends.

The Sun has published an apology to Everton and England's Ross Barkley over a column by Kelvin MacKenzie in which he compared the midfielder to a gorilla.

The piece, headlined "Ross Barkley: Sun apology," appeared after the April 14 opinion piece in the paper sparked uproar and accusations of racism.

Alongside the column, which made disparaging remarks about the star, was was a photograph of a gorilla's eyes below a close-up of the eyes of Barkley, whose grandfather was born in Nigeria.