Man City seal £60m Ndiaye deal after Liverpool block Gakpo approach

Manchester City have agreed a £60m deal to sign Iliman Ndiaye from Everton, with the fee potentially rising to £65m through add-ons, after Liverpool rejected City’s approach for Cody Gakpo on the grounds that it left them too little time to find a replacement.

Ndiaye, a target for Tottenham, will become the second winger City have signed in the final two days of the transfer window, following Allan Elias’s £32m arrival from Palmeiras. His signing would push City’s total summer outlay past £300m — a window in which they have already paid a club-record £116m for Elliot Anderson and £85m for Ayyoub Bouaddi.

Ndiaye had rejected multiple contract extension offers from Everton, who were eager to keep him on Merseyside. His departure now frees the club to act on deadline day, with Everton advancing in talks to bring Jack Grealish back to Hill Dickinson Stadium, where he spent last season on loan from City.

Everton are also closing in on Kenny Tete from Fulham to address a long-standing need at right-back, have opened discussions with Monaco over Folarin Balogun, and have held talks with Tottenham about a move for Richarlison — with Beto potentially heading to Fiorentina.

Richarlison had been mooted as part of a player-plus-cash arrangement that would have taken Ndiaye to Spurs, but that deal did not materialise. The Brazil forward was left out of Tottenham’s matchday squad for their 2-0 home defeat to Newcastle, with manager Roberto De Zerbi saying it was because “too many times he asked to leave.”

Richarlison responded on Instagram, expressing frustration at how his situation has been handled. “After everything I’ve been through in the last few years, I’ve decided that never again will anyone decide my future for me,” he wrote. “Pressure, threats, retaliation — none of that scares me. I’ve been through far worse, believe me.”

He added that he had always been willing to leave only if it suited both parties, and that he would remain at Spurs’ disposal under his current contract. “If they reach an agreement between Spurs and Everton, I will return to my beloved club,” he said, “but the negotiations happened only in the way certain people wanted, and it will no longer be like that.”