Hull City secures £22m Iroegbunam deal as Man City nears £65m Ndiaye transfer

Transfer deadline day has barely drawn breath and Everton are already at the heart of the storm.

Hull City have struck a £22m agreement to sign midfielder Tim Iroegbunam, while Manchester City are closing in on Iliman Ndiaye in a deal that could reach £65m. Around them, Nottingham Forest, AC Milan, Malaga and Manchester City’s recruitment machine are all moving pieces before the 23:00 BST cut-off.

Hull’s £22m move for Iroegbunam

Hull have agreed a package worth £22m with Everton for Tim Iroegbunam, who is now set for a swift exit from Hill Dickinson Stadium.

The 23-year-old is expected to move for an initial £13m, with a further £9m tied up in add-ons. He only joined Everton from Aston Villa in 2024 for £9m, but has been granted permission to travel to East Yorkshire to undergo a medical.

Hull are not easing themselves into the final hours of the window. Iroegbunam would be their 13th signing of the summer, a staggering churn that underlines the scale of their rebuild. Talks are also ongoing over a loan move for Chelsea midfielder Dario Essugo as they try to bulk out their options before Tuesday night’s deadline.

Man City turn to Ndiaye after Savio sale

At the other end of the table, Manchester City are pushing through another major attacking deal.

They have agreed a transfer worth up to £65m for Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye. The structure is £60m guaranteed, plus £5m in add-ons for the 26-year-old Senegal winger.

Ndiaye’s future looked to be heading in a different direction only days ago. Tottenham had agreed terms with Everton on Friday night and were primed to bring him to north London, with Richarlison lined up for a separate return to Goodison Park.

The entire plan collapsed on one detail: personal terms. Richarlison did not reach an agreement with Everton, despite the Merseyside club tabling a £35m offer for the Brazil forward. Without that piece in place, Tottenham could not complete the Ndiaye deal, opening the door for City to move in.

For Pep Guardiola’s side, Ndiaye would arrive in the same window that saw Savio depart for Tottenham in a £75m switch. City have already acted to replace him, securing Palmeiras winger Allan Elias.

Allan arrives as City’s next Brazilian project

Manchester City’s recruitment department has not waited for the clock to tick down.

They have signed Allan Elias from Palmeiras in a deal worth up to £34.2m. The 22-year-old Brazilian joins on a five-year contract after City agreed an initial £32m fee, with a further £2.2m in potential add-ons.

Allan, a right-sided winger, comes off the back of 96 senior appearances for Palmeiras, in which he scored nine goals and provided 12 assists after emerging through the club’s academy. City view him as a direct replacement for Savio, keeping their wide options stocked as they reshape the attack.

Forest reunite Munoz with Glasner

Nottingham Forest have also made a significant defensive addition.

They have completed the £22m signing of Daniel Munoz from Crystal Palace, reuniting the Colombia right-back with Oliver Glasner. The pair lifted both the FA Cup and Conference League together at Selhurst Park, and now link up again at the City Ground.

Munoz, 28, has signed a three-year deal after two and a half years with Palace, where he scored 11 goals in 109 appearances. He follows the £50m club-record arrival of Liam Delap and could be thrown straight into Premier League action against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

Forest’s business underlines their intent to stabilise and push on, even after a turbulent season that saw them battle on multiple fronts.

Hutchinson and Aznou head abroad on loan

Not every move today carries a huge fee. Some are about opportunity.

AC Milan have taken Omari Hutchinson on loan from Nottingham Forest until the end of the season. The seven-time European champions hold an option to make the transfer permanent next summer, giving them a long look at the forward.

Hutchinson joined Forest only a year ago in a £37.5m move from Ipswich Town, but his first campaign at the City Ground was fragmented. He made just 17 Premier League starts, working under four different managers as the club lurched from one reset to another. Milan now offer him a fresh stage at San Siro.

Everton, busy at both ends of their squad, have also confirmed that left-back Adam Aznou has joined Malaga on loan for the 2026-27 season. The 20-year-old arrived from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2025 but managed only two senior outings last term, one each in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup.

For Aznou, this is a return to familiar territory. A product of Barcelona’s La Masia academy, he spent three years with the Catalan giants before moving to Munich in 2023. Malaga now becomes the next stop in a career that has already taken in three major European football cultures.

The clock is ticking

All of this unfolds against a hard deadline.

The summer transfer window for Premier League and EFL clubs shuts at 23:00 BST on Tuesday. The window, which reopened for a second time this year on Monday, 15 June, must comply with Fifa regulations limiting transfer periods to a maximum of 16 weeks per calendar year.

Last season, the English window closed at 19:00 to align with the working day. This time, it returns to the traditional late-night 23:00 finish, bringing back the familiar scramble under the floodlights of club offices and training grounds.

Across Europe, the timing is tight but staggered. Spain, France and Italy all close their windows on the same day as England, but earlier in the evening. In the Bundesliga, business must be wrapped up by 19:00 on Tuesday.

Scotland and the women’s game have a little more breathing room. Scottish clubs can trade until 17:00 on Thursday, 3 September, and the Women’s Super League window also runs until that date.

By then, Hull will know if their overhaul is complete, Everton will know how much of their squad has been ripped up and rebuilt, and Manchester City will know whether Ndiaye and Allan are in the building and ready to chase more silverware. The pieces are moving. The question now is who blinks before the window slams shut.