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Iliman Ndiaye
Right Winger / Senegal
Right Winger
26
Senegal
€55.0M
Profile
Key strength: Pace and dribbling
Wide creator
Perched 8th in the Premier League after an up-and-down WLWWL run, Everton are discovering their attacking identity through the electrifying Iliman Ndiaye. The 25-year-old Senegalese winger—signed from Sheffield United for €35m last summer—has already repaid that faith in spades, his market value soaring to €45m within months. Ndiaye has delivered 5 goals and 2 assists across 24 appearances, thriving as a menacing inside forward who lives to cut onto his favored left foot. With 1,934 minutes banked and only a single yellow card, he's blending Championship-honed durability with Premier League guile. His understanding with Jack Grealish on the opposite flank and link-up play with strikers Beto and Thierno Barry has injected fluidity into an attack that previously relied too heavily on graft. Blessed with a 75-rated shot and fearless 1v1 aggression, Ndiaye isn't merely adapting to top-flight football—he's terrorizing left-backs who can't predict whether he'll drift wide or drive inside. His rise epitomizes Everton's shrewder recruitment model: identify raw talent, provide the platform, watch it flourish.