{"id":2507,"date":"2026-09-02T13:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T05:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2026-09-02T13:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T05:25:19","slug":"manchester-city-sign-iliman-ndiaye-for-65-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/manchester-city-sign-iliman-ndiaye-for-65-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City sign Iliman Ndiaye for \u00a365 million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-1.png 589w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-1-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manchester City have bolstered their attack with the signing of Iliman Ndiaye from Everton for \u00a365 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as&nbsp;Iliman Ndiaye&nbsp;(26) appeared poised to finalise terms with Tottenham Hotspur,&nbsp;Manchester City&nbsp;swooped in at the eleventh hour to&nbsp;secure the services of one of the Premier League&#8217;s most electric wingers, drafted in to offset the absences of Omar Marmoush, S\u00e1vio, and Jack Grealish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8216;Sky Blues&#8217; originally targeted Cody Gakpo, but Liverpool knocked back a \u20ac93 million bid&nbsp;for the Dutch forward, forcing the Manchester hierarchy to turn their attention to the Everton dynamo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his stint with&nbsp;Everton, Ndiaye repeatedly caught the eye,&nbsp;making 77 appearances, scoring 17 goals, and providing four assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 26 years of age,&nbsp;the Senegal international had made a summer switch his priority, having already rebuffed interest from Saudi Arabia as well as a contract extension from the &#8216;Toffees&#8217;, where his deal was due to run until 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across this summer window,&nbsp;Manchester City spent \u20ac380 million on new recruits,&nbsp;whilst generating \u20ac340 million in revenue through player sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have bolstered their attack with the si [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2509,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507\/revisions\/2509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}