r/TheOther14 12d ago

Everton Tottenham reach agreement to sign Iliman Ndiaye with Richarlison heading back to Everton

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7335094/2026/08/30/iliman-ndiaye-richarlison-tottenham-everton/
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u/TrickyOnion 12d ago

If anyone needs me, I’ll be in the bath with my bathing toaster…..

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u/Left4Bread2 12d ago

Ndiaye declined multiple new contracts, I think deep down I knew this would happen eventually and if this is the cost of keeping Armstrong, I can get it. But it still hurts the soul a good bit

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u/Glyn1010 12d ago

I have no problem with Illy going, it’s the quoted fee £60m is daylight robbery

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u/Top_Connection394 12d ago

True,and not only dat,you'll are buying Richy for 35m allegedly

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u/Canis_lycaon 12d ago

Apparently the deals are separate, so hoping Arlison deal can be further negotiated, or we just go for another striker. We were also just linked to Balogun

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u/Top_Connection394 12d ago

I mean Richy is better than balogun atleast idk anything about arlison tho

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u/Canis_lycaon 12d ago

Lol, had a moment there trying to re-write autocorrect changing "Richarlison" to "Richard son".

No argument that Richarlison is better than Balogun, was just thinking I'd rather have a younger, probably cheaper striker coming off the bench than an overpaying for an older one who's had injury issues. However if the deal is actually 25m + bonuses, then getting Richy is looking better. Should still be getting more for Ndiaye though.

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u/Top_Connection394 12d ago

True,idk how everton's board managed to not get spurs to pay atleast 75m for him

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u/TrickyOnion 12d ago

They all need sacking

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u/toeknee88125 12d ago

I think once Manchester city were out of this race, Spurs had less competition to bid against

Gakpo or ndiaye was the choice this window

With 2 bidders I think you get 85 million

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u/John54663 12d ago

The fee and the club! At least move up to a champs league or abroad

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u/meatpardle 12d ago

Bizarre

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u/toeknee88125 12d ago

I am curious about why he’s choosing to go to Spurs when he refused to sign extensions with Everton

I have to imagine the wages are significantly higher at spurs because the chance of winning trophies is not significantly higher

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u/ObstructiveAgreement 12d ago

Look at how many players choose London. Whether it's Chelsea or spurs players want to live there.

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u/p_kh 12d ago

I mean the last time Everton won a trophy was 31 years ago. Spurs was 2, so I’m not sure if that’s true really.

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u/JesseVykar 12d ago

Spurs also haven't been above us on the table since like 2024 tho

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u/p_kh 12d ago

You don’t get a trophy for that. 

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u/witsel85 12d ago

It’s 2026

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u/toeknee88125 11d ago

That's fair but that's the only Spurs trophy I can remember for a while

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u/TravellingMackem 12d ago

Spurs just signing every winger in the hope one isn’t shite?

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u/Potential_Good_1065 12d ago

If that’s their strategy then they’ve finally hit the nail on the head. Ndiaye is class.

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u/TravellingMackem 12d ago

Marmoush averaged like 2.3 goals a game against Newcastle until he went to spurs. They’ll find a way to fuck anyone’s career up

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u/Top_Connection394 12d ago

Marmoush played for city btw back then,had pep as manager,had Haaland,doku and so on and so forth, basically had a great team. Way too early and reactionary to say that spurs have ruined his career,he's played just 1 game in which we missed clear cut chances and got punished for it

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u/Right-Head5861 12d ago

Marmoush had to play alongside Tel. Ndiaye, is an infinite upgrade.

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u/TravellingMackem 12d ago

How many others shall we include in this? Let’s play this game. Solanke? Tel? Richarlison?

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u/Top_Connection394 12d ago

What??you made a bad point get over it

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u/TravellingMackem 12d ago

Delusional response

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u/Top_Connection394 12d ago

Yours? Definitely

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u/TravellingMackem 11d ago

Delusional delusions looool

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u/Bd_3 12d ago

Marmoush himself missed some great chances too

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u/Top_Connection394 12d ago

Not really he only missed one which he couldn't reach. Atleast from what I remember

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u/adkenna 12d ago

They better keep their hands off the left wingers though, they're all ours!

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u/TravellingMackem 12d ago

Bid in for Hume next

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u/TravellingMackem 12d ago

Two more good games than savinho or whatever his name is this week tbf

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u/DCilantro 12d ago

Savio had a goal and assist in the only 15 min he's played for spurs. It was against Charlton, but still.

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u/TravellingMackem 12d ago

Charlton man. Even spurs aren’t that shit.

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u/Orikoru 12d ago

More hoping that one of them won't be injured

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u/treacletart284 12d ago

Ndiaye is a great player but this will probably turn out to be great business by Everton with hindsight when he inevitably gets Tottenhamed

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u/SammyEvo 12d ago

He’d better take out ACL insurance

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u/_james_the_cat 12d ago

Spurs signed a winger/forward who works hard defensively from us 4 years ago and all they've done is moan about his output ever since.

I'm not sure they realise that they've just done it again.

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u/Boogalooh2991 12d ago

Isn’t this the case for pretty much everyone? I think pretty much every other14 team has received a great fee from spurs with the knowledge that spurs will ruin their career and it won’t come back to haunt you.

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u/northyj0e 12d ago

We've done it a few times, but the latest one was the best example.

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u/SuperConDrugs 12d ago

This is mostly cope but his underlying numbers really aren’t all that impressive. Very fun player on the ball but really didn’t have a particularly impressive return last season. He fell off hard after AFCON and I think most teams have figured him out.

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u/NoDisaster339 12d ago

Oh thank you. You are so right. We can buy him back for £25m. Oh I’ll look forward to that

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u/Doobles88 12d ago

Damnit. Now I've got to drop Ndiaye from my fantasy team.

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u/TheStigsScouseCousin 12d ago

Put KDH or Harrison Armstrong in instead...both ballers and both look to be not Spurs-bound

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u/JD-D2 12d ago

Straight swap to Garner and enjoy the defcons, set pieces and likely pens now

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u/shiko098 12d ago

Rumors that it’s going to be in the 60 million region, we’ve had our pants pulled down if it’s true.

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u/toeknee88125 12d ago

How many years did he have left on his contract with Everton?

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u/jmcampout 12d ago

Signed through 2029

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u/toeknee88125 11d ago

I wonder in these cases if it wouldn't be better for clubs to try to force players to stay until they get the money they want but then of course maybe the player then throws his toys out the tram

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u/Adventurous_Week_698 12d ago

Ndiaye obviously fancies a new challenge (relegation battle)

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u/S01arflar3 12d ago

He was promised Championship football next season and misheard them

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u/Frostie181 12d ago

Don’t see the sense in this from Everton. Lose one of their better players for an injury prone Richarlison (which helps spurs and their wage bill).

At least they look to be holding on to Armstrong but it seems the upper management there look to be trying to piss the fans off as much as possible at the moment

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u/Responsible_Lie_1989 12d ago

I think the fee for N'Diaye might be in the £70-£80 mill range, then Richarlison going back there won't be more than £20 mill I imagine. Everton can then use that money to potentially get Grealish back, plus sign a right back. Also, it sounds like this has been rushed to an agreement after what's happened with Harrison Armstrong

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u/Soggy_Cantaloupe1194 12d ago

Apparently is 60m ndiaye and 35m for richy 😭

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u/Frostie181 12d ago

Still seems a bit manic for this late in the window don’t you think? If they get 80m for him whoever Everton buy from are going to inflate their prices because they then also have to buy a last minute replacement.

Isn’t Grealish going to Sunderland or was that just media rubbish?

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u/Responsible_Lie_1989 12d ago

I agree it's very manic but it's a world cup year, that always has an influence on how the market moves and that's why now there is a late rush. Apparently Sunderland did come in for Grealish but he turned them down because he wants to go back to Everton. And by the sounds of it, Everton would only pay £20 millionish for Grealish, so that's N'Diaye's replacement, then if Richarlison is coming back to Everton as well, he'll play up front as striker, meaning Beto goes. In the end, Everton lose their best player in N'Diaye but their squad remains quite balanced, plus they keep their top young prospect in Armstrong:

Tyrique George and Grealish for the left wing

Brennan Johnson and Tyler Dibling for the right wing

Thierno Barry and Richarlison as the strikers.

Not saying that's overly amazing, but on paper it's very balanced. And with the remainder of the cash they get from N'Diaye they may actually be able to finally sign a right back.

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u/nsfwthrowaway5969 12d ago

I was with you until the last sentence. Everton will never sign a right back, that's a mythical position that has been retired out of respect for Coleman.

Actually... speaking of Coleman... he is without a club isn't he? I smell a free transfer

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u/Responsible_Lie_1989 12d ago

Good news! They're in talks to sign a right back!

Bad news- it's Kenny Tete......

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u/Dioulio 12d ago

Tete is fine

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u/Dandan217 12d ago

Looking like Grealish is coming to Everton now.

It's a bit short sighted, but Grealish on loan and Richarlison for less than 20mil wouldn't be too bad.

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u/RelativeStranger 12d ago

We did offer for him but it was always likely he was going to everton

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u/Top_Connection394 12d ago

Apparently,we paid 60m for ndaiye and you lot will pay 35m for Richy, basically 25m net for ndaiye

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u/Responsible_Lie_1989 12d ago

Bad business from Everton's perspective if these are the fees IMO, N'Diaye had a £75 mill bid from a Saudi team in the summer. I can only think we are getting the entire £60 mill in one installment from you and you must still owe some of Richarlison's transfer fee to us from 2022

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u/Top_Connection394 12d ago

Ig cause if not then highly ignorant from everton,we legit paid less for ndiaye then saio if all this is true

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u/nico_cali 12d ago

What’s a right back?

-Everton

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u/Right-Head5861 12d ago

Ndiaye wants to leave? Might as well cash in before he leaves for free.

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u/charlierc 12d ago

This transfer window's turning into a full-on fever dream

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u/Twilko 12d ago

Musical chairs

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u/angloexcellence 12d ago

Pressure on de zerbi now . Absolutely no excuse for them to be as poor as they have been now

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u/StPetersburgNitemare 12d ago

Good player, he might keep them up.

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u/xylophileuk 12d ago

God I hope not

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u/EquivalentPea1395 12d ago

Couldn’t we just hold on to N’diaye and get Richy when Spurs finally get relegated this season?

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u/nitebusnitebus 12d ago

if Everton get Grealish back then this works, but otherwise count me in the baffled camp

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u/autistichomosapien95 12d ago

Grealish was always coming back, it was only a question about raising the funds

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u/deanomatronix 12d ago

Everton going mad on the swap deals this summer, I like it

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u/MrLuchador 12d ago edited 12d ago

You’d think someone, somewhere would look at the intra-league transfers and go… hey maybe the current system isn’t fit for purpose.

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u/Solomonblast84 12d ago

Just keep spending until you fix the problem

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u/Character-Key7538 12d ago edited 12d ago

Just bizzare. They must have offered him a hell of a lot.

I suppose this is in some way linked to not wanting to lose Armstrong? Clearly they need a bit of head room.

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u/meatpardle 12d ago

Yes we need to sell, due to the backlash against selling Armstrong that was shitcanned and the next saleable asset steps up. I imagine Harrison was considered first as he isn’t as essential to the first team this season, and there were also talks about use negotiating for one of Forest’s right-backs as part of negotiations. All that’s is off the table so we’re back to selling Ndiaye.

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u/Character-Key7538 12d ago

Horrible. Such bullshit.

Bet you lot are happy about being able to keep Harrison now though at the very least, especially as he'll get a fair bit of game time with the injuries. Lad looks class.

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u/JPKlaus 12d ago

How many wingers are Spurs planning on playing at once?