Man City’s £65m swoop for Iliman Ndiaye headlines frantic deadline day
Manchester City have agreed a £65 million deal with Everton for winger Iliman Ndiaye on deadline day after seeing an £80m bid for Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo rejected. The move reshapes the Premier League winger market, pushing Tottenham to turn their attention to Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk as Europe’s major leagues hit their transfer window cutoffs.
Man City move for Iliman Ndiaye reshapes Premier League winger market
Manchester City have taken a major swing on deadline day, agreeing a £65 million deal with Everton for winger Iliman Ndiaye in one of the headline moves of the closing hours of the summer window.
The move, reported by Sky Sports, comes after City saw an £80m bid for Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo rejected earlier in the week and turned their attention to Ndiaye as an alternative option on the flank.
City pivot from Gakpo to Ndiaye
According to Sky Sports’ deadline day coverage, Manchester City advanced talks with Everton and agreed a £65m fee for Ndiaye as they sought to bolster their attacking options before the Premier League transfer window closes on September 1.
City had earlier pushed hard for Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo, tabling an £80m offer that was turned down, prompting the Premier League champions to move quickly for Ndiaye instead. The agreed deal positions Ndiaye as a significant investment and underlines City’s determination to add another wide forward.
Knock-on effect: Spurs turn to Mudryk
The Ndiaye deal has also had ripple effects elsewhere in the Premier League. Tottenham Hotspur had been in talks over a possible move for the Everton winger but, with City stepping in, Spurs have shifted their focus to Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk, according to Sky Sports.
That development adds another layer of intrigue to deadline day, with Chelsea potentially fielding late interest in the Ukrainian international while Everton prepare to lose one of their key attacking players.
High-stakes deadline day across Europe
The Ndiaye agreement lands amid a frenetic final day of the transfer window across Europe. In England, the window is scheduled to close at 11 p.m. BST on Tuesday, September 1, as outlined in Sporting News’ deadline guide, with clubs racing to finalize incoming and outgoing deals.
Across the continent, similar cutoffs are shaping activity:
- La Liga clubs face a deadline of 10:59 p.m. local time in Spain, also on September 1.
- Serie A’s window closes earlier in the day, at 2 p.m. ET.
The concentration of closing times has turned September 1 into a Europe-wide deadline day, with top clubs attempting late moves to fine-tune their squads for the new season.
Context in a hectic market
The agreed deal for Ndiaye adds another major transfer to a market that has already seen sizeable moves, including top-flight clubs reshaping their attacks and midfields on August 30 and 31. Roundups from outlets such as FootballTransfers highlight the volume of activity in Europe’s top five leagues heading into deadline day.
With the window now in its final hours, Manchester City’s decision to commit £65m to Ndiaye stands out as one of the most consequential late moves, with implications not only for Everton but also for Spurs’ pursuit of Mudryk and the wider competitive balance in the Premier League’s attacking ranks.