Everton transfer news as Marseille share stance on Iliman Ndiaye January loan exit
Everton remain interested in signing Iliman Ndiaye from Marseille in January, but the French club are not interested in loaning him out, according to Ignazio Genuardi.
Writing on his personal Twitter account (29 December) the former editor of Football 365 France reported that the Toffees are one of a number of teams interested in signing the striker, alongside both his former side Sheffield United and Crystal Palace.
The Senegalese striker is very popular throughout English football, but having only joined Marseille last summer, the Ligue 1 giants are reluctant to let him leave temporarily, as they are not “lenders”.
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Everton’s director of football Kevin Thelwell has already admitted that he expects it to be a rather quiet January transfer window at Goodison Park and has urged supporters to not get caught up in the media rumours swirling in the next few weeks.
That makes it feel incredibly unlikely that the Toffees will be willing to pay a fee required to bring Ndiaye back to England when the window opens, as a six-month loan deal would have been a much more appealing deal for Sean Dyche’s side.
The Toffees already have two impressive forward options who suit Dyche’s style incredibly well in Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Beto and having spent a reasonable fee on the Portuguese forward in the summer, they are unlikely to do the same again only months later.
Dyche also has Arnaut Danjuma in his ranks on loan from Villareall. The Dutchman has been little more than a bit part player so far this season, but it would be strange of Dyche to sign another forward to push him even further down the pecking order.
Maybe Everton’s plans could change over the course of the window, but right now, it doesn’t feel like this deal is likely to happen.
