{"id":666152,"date":"2026-09-01T02:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T02:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/666152\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T02:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T02:22:20","slug":"manchester-city-agree-65m-fee-for-iliman-ndiaye-after-missing-out-on-cody-gakpo-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/666152\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City agree \u00a365m fee for Iliman Ndiaye after missing out on Cody Gakpo \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Manchester City have agreed a fee worth up to \u00a365million with Everton for winger Iliman Ndiaye, the Press Association understands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">City are set to pay \u00a360m up front for the Senegal international with a potential further \u00a35m in add-ons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The agreement comes after City completed the \u00a334.2m signing of Brazilian winger Allan Elias from Palmeiras earlier on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Liverpool&#x2019;s Cody Gakpo has also been on City&#x2019;s radar\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/A4CXQTBKQNNLPCTXPRISRPXFZQ.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"525\"\/>Liverpool\u2019s Cody Gakpo has also been on City\u2019s radar (Peter Byrne\/PA) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">City had shown interested in Liverpool\u2019s Cody Gakpo but the Reds are thought to be unwilling to sanction a sale so late in the transfer window without securing a replacement.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/soccer\/tiernan-lynch-retains-faith-ahead-of-hnk-rejika-home-leg-and-urges-his-players-to-keep-their-confidence-that-they-can-stay-in-the-hunt-for-european-football-MPNIOYKZR5G4JFOPOH57DMSWWQ\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Tiernan Lynch retains faith ahead of HNK Rejika home leg and urges his players to keep their confidence that they can stay in the hunt for European football\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6ODNTL6LMFEGXCCKYKIVBL74NY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/sport\/soccer\/republic-of-ireland-v-armenia-live-updates-from-dublin-as-ireland-look-to-save-their-qualifying-campaign-at-home-3S7QWWEDYRF7ZI4QXHHJOIAIIQ\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Republic of Ireland vs Armenia as it happened in the World Cup qualifiers\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WKIIQEL6FZBR7FFA344ZPEVGQA.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">That led City to turn their attention to Ndiaye, who like Gakpo had also been linked with Tottenham, and negotiations have progressed quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 26-year-old is now expected to undergo a medical with City with a view to completing his move before Tuesday\u2019s transfer deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ndiaye, who joined Everton from Marseille for \u00a315m two years ago, scored six goals last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He would become City\u2019s fourth major arrival of the summer after Elliot Anderson, Ayyoub Bouaddi and Allan. There could also be further additions at the Etihad Stadium with the club continuing to be linked with Chelsea\u2019s Enzo Fernandez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Everton, for their part, are interested in re-signing City\u2019s Jack Grealish for a second successive season-long loan but nothing has yet been agreed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to City, Allan \ud83e\ude75 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3UNqwzZkiA\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3UNqwzZkiA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ManCity\/status\/2094395343609671941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Allan has signed a five-year contract in what has been a busy end to the summer window for City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 22-year-old came through the Palmeiras youth system and has made 96 first-team appearances since his debut in January last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Allan said: \u201cThis is a surreal moment for me. Manchester City, with everything they have won over the past 15 years, are one of the most attractive clubs in the world for players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cTo be able to sit here today and say I have joined them is the proudest moment of my life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI love Palmeiras and always will \u2013 but the decision to come to City was an easy one. I want to be the best footballer I can be and the conversations I\u2019ve had with the people at City so far has convinced me there isn\u2019t a better place for me to fulfil my ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City have agreed a fee worth up to \u00a365million with Everton for winger Iliman Ndiaye, the Press&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[76],"tags":[281332,119754,18,8255,19,114071,17,9345,98226,795,4335,132,1294],"class_list":["post-666152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-allan-elias","tag-cody-gakpo","tag-eire","tag-everton","tag-ie","tag-iliman-ndiaye","tag-ireland","tag-jack-grealish","tag-man-city","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-uk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117193406119743830","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}