Balogun (Deal off)

[Trowel]

Reading the article, all it is is the dependency on Ndiaye:

Folarin Balogun could ultimately stay at Monaco. (J.-B. Autissier/L'Équipe)

While Folarin Balogun was being courted by clubs including Everton, the American striker for AS Monaco could ultimately remain in the Principality, thus preventing the arrival of Mexican Erik Lira.

A twist in the Folarin Balogun saga. While he seemed very close to joining Everton, the 25-year-old striker could ultimately remain in Monaco. Having been with the club for three years and under contract until 2028, he had been the subject of intense interest in recent days, with interest also emerging from Aston Villa and FC Barcelona. Monaco, who travel to Paris this Friday, would thus retain a key player in their squad. Wearing the diagonal stripe, the American international has made 91 appearances and scored 31 goals. To explain this situation, some sources claim that Everton needs to finalize the transfer of Iliman Ndiaye to Manchester City by midnight (the closing time of the English transfer window), a deal that has been delayed.

[blueToffee]

Barry about to get a lot more minutes.

What's the Ndiaye hold up? Man City spending all their money on Enzo?

[Blues Mahoney]

Oh dear

[Blues Mahoney]

3hrs 50 mins to find someone else

[sam of the south]

We all knew the chain of dominoes had to fall, and I’m now into the idea of essentially swapping Ndiaye and Beto for Grealish and Balogun

[AjaxAndy]

What a nothing article. Yes sure the deal will collapse if we don't get the Ndaiye sale done before the deadline... Such insightful journalism!

[blueToffee]

It's Everton so you never know but reading the article, it basically just says we need Ndiaye deal finalised to complete the Balogun deal (and you'd imagine Grealish too). So as long as that one is still proceeding then I imagine it'd still happen even if it goes close to the wire.

But who really knows. I guess we'll find out soon enough.

[Bumble]

Nothing surprises me with this football club.

[Brownie]

The likelihood is that everything is already sorted on everything and it’s just the usual faffing about doing photshoits/interviews etc meaning journos need to write something while there’s quiet

[Shogun]

Suppose the issue could be:

Fofana to Palace
Sarr to Liverpool
Gakpo to Man City (therefore they pass on Ndiaye)
Ndiaye to Spurs
Richarlison to Everton

[bigmanbob]

Alan Myers who's outside Finch Farm tweeted earlier hed arrived for his medical so feels like a blag that.

[CorkyOnTour]

What a nothing article. Yes sure the deal will collapse if we don't get the Ndaiye sale done before the deadline... Such insightful journalism!

Yes, that's how I am reading it.

[TheRam]

I fear there’s so much to do and so much going on that one collapse of a transfer can have an impact on everything else.

[brap2]

I fear that 30 years of let downs have conditioned me to believe the club will let me down

[NickNack]

I fear that 30 years of let downs have conditioned me to believe the club will let me down

It’s one of the few things we’re good at