Romelu Lukaku shook the nets, the then-Everton attacking portion was complemented by Kevin Mirallas and Gerard Deulofeu. Oumar Niasse did not cope well in such competition, the Senegalese, whom the Toffees bought for 18,000,000 euros from Lokomotiv Moscow, spent a difficult year at Goodison Park, and at the end of his term, he went through hell – to the extent that he was stripped of his locker with personal things due to his goal-scoring inefficiency and that he was removed from the first team, so in the last months he trained with the under-23 team.Everton has not had a striker from Senegal since then, and now they will try their luck with the fast-footed Iliman Ndiaye. The member of the Teranga Lions moved from Marseille to the Premier League for interestingly the same figure as Niasse in 2016, but the giant from the Velodrome will also receive 2,000,000 in potential bonuses, so the whole deal could grow to 20,000,000 euros. The contract was signed until the summer of 2029.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Ndiaye’s football journey has been extremely interesting, considering that although he was born in Rouen (France), he went to play football in his parents’ country, Senegal, where he played for Dakar Sacre Coeur. After two years spent in Senegal, he moved to the English lower-league club Boreham Wood, and he made a real breakthrough on the bigger stage when he arrived at Sheffield United. The season before last, he played an important role (14 goals and 11 assists) in the promotion of the Bramall Lane club to the Premier League and took advantage of Sadio Mane’s injury to get significant minutes at the World Cup in Qatar.Iliman Ndiaye is a Blue! ✍️🔵 pic.twitter.com/qy61FvlOQ8— Everton (@Everton) July 3, 2024 Ndiaye had a boyhood dream to play in Marseille, and it came true last summer when he moved to the Velodrome for 17,000,000 euros. A performance of just four goals in 46 games in all competitions did not impress, but apparently it was enough for Everton to put their hands in their pockets and fork out a hefty figure. Nevertheless, the fact that he played in a club where the atmosphere was one of the most turbulent in Europe and that Olympique changed as many as four coaches during it is to some extent a justification for Ndiaye.Iliman became Everton’s second signing in the transfer window, as 21-year-old midfielder Tim Iroegbunam previously arrived from Aston Villa for compensation of around 11,000,000 euros.
