{"id":1178198,"date":"2026-08-31T01:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T01:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1178198\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T01:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T01:41:18","slug":"everton-push-to-sign-folarin-balogun-as-toffees-submit-e18m-bid-to-monaco-with-american-striker-already-agreeing-personal-terms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1178198\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton push to sign Folarin Balogun as Toffees submit \u20ac18m bid to Monaco with American striker already agreeing personal terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite Everton&#8217;s optimism, the deal for Balogun is not yet over the line. AS Monaco have remained somewhat reluctant to lose the striker, especially given the interest shown by Paris Saint-Germain earlier in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>During negotiations for Maghnes Akliouche, PSG reportedly raised the possibility of bringing Balogun to the Parc des Princes. While it remains unclear if the French champions will follow up that initial enquiry with a formal bid of their own, Everton have decided to act first to ensure they are at the front of the queue.<\/p>\n<p>The next 24 to 48 hours will be decisive for Everton\u2019s season. If they can successfully land both Richarlison and Balogun, it would represent one of the most ambitious transfer windows in the club&#8217;s recent history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite Everton&#8217;s optimism, the deal for Balogun is not yet over the line. AS Monaco have remained somewhat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1177941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,11817,319247,4884,179,101,201,16,15],"class_list":["post-1178198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-liverpool","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-everton","tag-f-balogun","tag-great-britain","tag-liverpool","tag-premier-league","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1177941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1178198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1178198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}