Man City agree £65m deal for Everton winger Ndiaye

Manchester City have agreed a deal with Everton to sign Iliman Ndiaye. According to BBC Sport, the agreement is worth at least £60m guaranteed, with a potential total of up to £65m after £5m more in add-ons for the Senegal winger.

Club agreement in place

The news comes after Tottenham had moved on a pathway to land Ndiaye earlier, with deals for Everton on Friday night involving a swap: Ndiaye to Tottenham and Richarlison going the other way to Everton. However, BBC Sport reports that Richarlison failed to reach an agreement on personal terms with his former club, which is understood to have offered £35m for the Brazil forward.

With that personal-terms snag, Tottenham couldn’t proceed with the Ndiaye transfer.

Richarlison’s Instagram note

As the negotiations stalled, Richarlison posted an emotional statement on Instagram on Monday. In it, he said that after everything he’s been through in recent years, he has decided that “never again” will anyone else decide his future. He also added that if an agreement is reached between Spurs and Everton, he will return to the club where he felt “very happy”, while stressing that the talks only happened in a way he didn’t want. He concluded by noting he remains under contract at Tottenham and will stay available for the club.

In the meantime, City’s deal for Ndiaye lands as Tottenham look for another option, with talks over a season-long loan move for Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk mentioned in the report. BBC Sport also links the timing to City’s broader summer plans, after Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo talks and a quick change involving a new attacker—leaving the market situation more fluid heading into Tuesday’s deadline.