Hull City Sign Tim Iroegbunam for £22m as Manchester City Land Ndiaye

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

Two major exits are moving into place, one to the Championship and one to the champions. Tim Iroegbunam is set for Hull City in a £22m package, while Manchester City have struck a deal worth up to £65m for Iliman Ndiaye. Around them, the window is crackling with late loans, opportunistic bids and clubs scrambling to finish their squads before the 23:00 BST cut-off.

Hull’s £22m bet on Iroegbunam

Hull City are not tiptoeing into the final hours. They are kicking the door down.

The club have agreed a £22m deal to sign Everton midfielder Tim Iroegbunam, a move that underlines their intent to muscle into the promotion conversation. The 23-year-old is poised to leave Hill Dickinson Stadium for an initial £13m, with a further £9m tied up in add-ons.

Everton only brought him in from Aston Villa in 2024 for £9m. One year on, they are cashing in. Iroegbunam has been granted permission to travel to East Yorkshire to complete his medical, the last major hurdle before the deal is sealed.

For Hull, this is not a one-off splash. This is part of a full-scale rebuild. Iroegbunam would be their 13th signing of the summer, a staggering churn that speaks to both ambition and pressure. Talks are ongoing over a loan move for Chelsea midfielder Dario Essugo, another sign that the club want depth and competition right through the spine of the team.

With the deadline looming on Tuesday night, Hull are moving like a club that knows exactly what it wants – and exactly how long it has left to get it.

Man City win Ndiaye race as Richarlison talks collapse

At the top end of the food chain, Manchester City have moved with their usual clarity.

The champions have agreed a deal worth up to £65m to sign Iliman Ndiaye from Everton. The agreement for the Senegal winger is structured at £60m plus £5m in add-ons, another hefty outlay on attacking talent to refresh Pep Guardiola’s options.

Ndiaye, 26, had not been short of admirers. Tottenham thought they were in pole position. They had agreed terms with Everton on Friday night, a move that was expected to be linked – at least in timing, if not formally in structure – to Richarlison heading back to Merseyside in a separate transfer.

Then the whole thing jammed.

Everton are understood to have made a £35m offer for the Brazil forward, keen on a reunion and desperate for goals. But Richarlison failed to agree personal terms with his former club. With no agreement on the player side, Tottenham were left stuck. No outgoing, no incoming. As a result, they have been unable to push through the Ndiaye transfer.

City stepped in, clean and decisive. Everton lose a key attacker, but bank a fee that could reshape their own business in the final hours of the window.

Everton’s wider shuffle: Aznou heads to Malaga

While the headlines swirl around Iroegbunam and Ndiaye, Everton’s trimming of the squad continues lower down the ladder.

Left-back Adam Aznou has joined La Liga side Malaga on loan for the 2026-27 season. The 20-year-old arrived at Goodison from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2025, but his pathway has been blocked. Just two senior appearances last season – one in the FA Cup, one in the Carabao Cup – told the story.

This move is a return to familiar ground. Aznou came through Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy before heading to Munich in 2023. Now he goes back to Spain, chasing minutes and momentum in a league that should suit his technical background.

For Everton, it is another salary off the books and another young player sent out to prove he belongs at the top level.

Forest, Milan and a busy European carousel

Nottingham Forest, never shy on deadline day, have again placed themselves at the centre of the European carousel.

Omari Hutchinson has left the City Ground for AC Milan on loan until the end of the season. The seven-time European champions have secured an option to make the move permanent next summer, a significant clause that will hang over the winger’s performances in Serie A.

Hutchinson’s departure comes only a year after Forest paid £37.5m to bring him in from Ipswich Town. The promise was obvious, but the platform never quite settled. He made just 17 Premier League starts last season under four different managers, a level of upheaval that rarely helps a young forward find rhythm.

While one right-sided threat leaves, another defender arrives. Forest have completed the £22m signing of Colombia right-back Daniel Munoz from Crystal Palace. The 27-year-old reunites with Oliver Glasner after the pair lifted both the FA Cup and the Conference League together at Selhurst Park.

Munoz has signed a three-year deal after two and a half years at Palace, where he scored 11 goals in 109 appearances – impressive numbers for a full-back. He follows the £50m club-record arrival of Liam Delap and could make his debut against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday. Forest’s back line will look very different when Spurs roll into town.

City reload on the wing with Allan

Back in Manchester, City’s business is not limited to Ndiaye.

The champions have also signed Palmeiras winger Allan Elias in a deal worth up to £34.2m. The fee is built around an initial £32m with £2.2m in add-ons, and the 22-year-old Brazilian has put pen to paper on a five-year contract.

Allan arrives as a direct replacement for compatriot Savio, who completed a £75m move to Tottenham Hotspur last week. City rarely leave a gap unfilled. One Brazilian winger out, another in.

Allan’s numbers in Brazil are solid: nine goals and 12 assists in 96 appearances for Palmeiras after rising through their youth system. Those figures do not scream superstar yet, but City’s recruitment department has earned the right to be trusted on profile and potential. He will now be asked to translate his form from the Brazilian top flight into the intensity of English football.

The clock, the rules, and the scramble

All of this unfolds against the relentless ticking of the transfer clock.

For Premier League and EFL clubs, the window shuts at 23:00 BST on Tuesday. The market opened for its second spell of the year on Monday, 15 June, and Fifa rules are clear: no transfer window can run for more than 16 weeks in a calendar year.

Last season, the English window closed at 19:00 to align with the traditional working day. This year, the league has gone back to its usual 23:00 finish, inviting late drama and frantic last-minute paperwork.

Across Europe, the picture is staggered. Spain, France and Italy all close on the same day as England, but earlier in the evening. In the Bundesliga, the deadline hits at 19:00 on Tuesday. Clubs in Scotland have a little longer, with business allowed until 17:00 on Thursday, 3 September. The Women’s Super League window also runs to that Thursday date.

Different clocks, same tension.

The day that defines a season

By the time the shutters come down, Hull could have a new midfield anchor, Everton could look like a very different attacking force, and Manchester City may have quietly reshaped their forward line again.

Forest will hope Munoz locks down the right flank and that Hutchinson’s Italian adventure pays off, one way or another. Malaga will look to Aznou to add quality on the left. Chelsea, Tottenham, Palace, and a host of others still have decisions to make and holes to plug.

Deadline day always asks the same question: who has planned, who has panicked, and who will wake up tomorrow wondering if they did enough?