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Iliman Ndiaye says “you don’t say no” when Manchester City come calling, and playing in the Champions League is where he belongs.
The 26-year-old could have gone to Tottenham but made a £60m move from Everton to City on transfer deadline day and was thrown straight into the starting XI for his new side in a 1-0 Premier League victory over Coventry at the weekend.
In the final week of
City clung on to a nervy victory against the Sky Blues to maintain their 100% winning start to the season, but managed to get the job done courtesy of a string of saves from goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Haaland continued his fine start to the season by converting his third goal in as many games from Antoine Semenyo’s deep cross, which came after Fernandez played through a slide-rule pass to the
Everton fans may also point to recent moves in the Premier League involving City, such as the sale of Savio to Tottenham for an initial £75m, as further evidence that the club should have demanded more for Ndiaye.
On the other hand, Everton are effectively quadrupling the initial £16m they paid Marseille to sign Ndiaye two years ago for a player whose underlying numbers, at this stage at least, are
Manchester City have agreed a deal worth up to £65m to sign Iliman Ndiaye from Everton.
The agreement for the Senegal winger is worth £60m plus a further £5m in add-ons.
Tottenham agreed terms with Everton on Friday night for Ndiaye, 26, when it looked as though Richarlison would move the other way in a separate transfer.
However, sources are indicating Richarlison failed to agree personal terms with his former
Manchester City have agreed a £65m deal with Everton for winger Iliman Ndiaye as an alternative to Cody Gakpo.
With contact already established between City and Everton over Jack Grealish, discussions have moved swiftly.
City’s deal is broken up into a £60m guaranteed payment plus £5m in bonuses.
Richarlison’s reluctance to make a final decision on a move to Everton held up Spurs’ advanced talks involving Ndiaye that had been
The rain threatened to dampen Leicester’s day and, while their return to the top light has not been perfect, they have collected three draws from their opening five games to lie 15th in the table.
But they will need to start picking up victories quickly if they are to survive, particularly manager Cooper, whose winless run in the division – including his time at previous club Nottingham Forest – extended