Iliman Ndiaye to Man City: How likely is £80m Everton transfer? Football Whispers Index score

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Iliman Ndiaye to Man City: How likely is £80m Everton transfer? Football Whispers Index score
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Manchester City have entered talks with Everton over a deadline-week move for Iliman Ndiaye.

The Premier League runners-up have already banked £75m from Savinho's exit and a potential future £50m from Omar Marmoush's move, both completed to Tottenham Hotspur this week, and are ready to spend on a replacement winger.

Everton have set an £80m valuation on their forward, who turned down a new contract this summer, and are reportedly in talks of their own to bring Jack Grealish back to Hill Dickinson Stadium if a deal goes through.

However, if the Sky Blues cannot secure a deal for the Senegal international, they already have alternatives in mind, namely Liverpool's Cody Gakpo and Chelsea's Pedro Neto.

The Football Whispers Index scores every transfer rumour across five weighted factors. Read how it works here.

Iliman Ndiaye to Man City rated ‘Likely'

Iliman Ndiaye to Man City – Football Whispers Index
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Iliman Ndiaye to Man City

Likely
Manchester City are in advancing talks with Everton, who have a possible replacement lined up in Jack Grealish, though no fee has been agreed on the £80m valuation.
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Financial viability17 / 25
Buying club need12 / 20
Player motivation12 / 15
Selling club incentive12 / 20
Market momentum19 / 20
Financial viability17 / 25
  • Everton have placed an £80m valuation on Ndiaye, who joined the club from Marseille for around €18m in July 2024.
  • Ndiaye has three years left on his Everton contract, running to 30 June 2029.
  • Manchester City banked £75m from Savinho's move to Tottenham on 25 August, adding funds toward further business.
  • City confirmed Omar Marmoush's move to Tottenham on 27 August, a season-long loan carrying a £50m obligation to buy next summer.
Buying club need12 / 20
  • Savinho's £75m exit and Marmoush's £50m move, both to Tottenham and both completed by 27 August, have thinned City's forward options.
  • Antoine Semenyo, City's first-choice right winger since his January move from Bournemouth, scored 17 goals in the Premier League last season.
  • Jeremy Doku remains City's senior left winger, with 18-year-old Jeremy Monga and 20-year-old Ryan McAidoo the alternatives.
Player motivation12 / 15
  • Ndiaye turned down a new contract offer from Everton this summer.
  • Foot Mercato's Santi Aouna reported on 27 August that Ndiaye has made Manchester City his priority destination.
  • The move would take Ndiaye from an Everton side that finished 13th last season to the Premier League runners-up.
Selling club incentive12 / 20
  • David Moyes has described Ndiaye as central to Everton's plans this season.
  • Everton and Manchester City are in talks over Jack Grealish returning to Hill Dickinson Stadium, Fabrizio Romano reported on 28 August.
  • A sale at £80m would hand Everton a profit of more than £60m on the fee they paid Marseille in 2024.
Market momentum19 / 20
  • The Athletic first reported City's interest before Fabrizio Romano confirmed on 27 August that “negotiations are ongoing.”
  • Foot Mercato reported on 27 August that discussions between City and Everton are progressing well.
  • Talk of Jack Grealish returning to Everton as part of the deal has been reported by the Independent and TEAMtalk.
The verdict77 / 100
This climbs to 77 because Manchester City have fresh funds banked from selling Savinho and Marmoush, and Everton have a possible answer of their own in Jack Grealish.
It happens if City meet Everton's £80m valuation, with Jack Grealish potentially heading to Goodison Park to help the numbers work.
It dies if David Moyes decides three years of contract certainty on Ndiaye matters more than any fee, even with Grealish talks under way as a fallback.

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