Tottenham Target Everton Star Ndiaye Amidst Premier League Rivalry

Tottenham have muscled into the race for Everton star Ndiaye, setting up a heavyweight Premier League tug-of-war for one of Goodison Park’s standout talents.

The North London club, already more than £300 million deep into a lavish rebuild under Roberto De Zerbi, are not done yet. Far from it. De Zerbi wants one more wide forward, a final attacking piece to lock in his front-line vision before the window slams shut.

Omar Marmoush is in. Savio has arrived from Manchester City. But the search has shifted again. Cody Gakpo had been the name circling around Spurs for weeks, yet attention has now swung decisively toward the Senegal international lighting up Everton, according to Foot Mercato.

And Tottenham are not alone.

Manchester City and Arsenal have both been tracking the 26-year-old closely, turning Ndiaye’s future into one of the most intriguing subplots of the late window. City see him as a possible answer to their own attacking departures. Arsenal remain alert. Spurs, suddenly, are right in the middle of it.

De Zerbi did little to cool the speculation when he addressed Tottenham’s transfer stance on Friday.

"I didn’t expect a transfer window like we have done. I think we can do one player more in one specific position," he said. "Yesterday we went to dinner with the owners, Johan [Lange, sporting director] and Vinai [Venkatesham, chief executive] and we spoke about this. All of us are on the same page and a very good connection."

That admission was as clear as it gets: Tottenham’s record-breaking outlay is not the end of their business.

Ndiaye’s name has been in the air all summer. At one stage, his story looked destined to leave the Premier League altogether. A lucrative move to the Saudi Pro League, with Al-Hilal heavily linked, appeared close to completion before the forward dramatically pulled back. The U-turn changed everything.

His decision to stay in England has opened the door to the division’s elite. Interest has snowballed. Yet Everton, for now, hold the strongest hand.

The Merseyside club have pinned an £80 million valuation on their prized asset, a figure designed to test just how serious his suitors really are. With Ndiaye tied down until the summer of 2029, Everton are under no immediate financial or contractual pressure to cash in, even though the player has already turned down a new deal.

David Moyes, speaking on Friday, was firm when asked about the growing noise around his forward.

"We’re certainly not in a hurry to sell our best players, that’s for sure," the Everton manager said. "As far as I know, we’ve got nothing to be concerned about, we’ve had no contact from any club. Somebody told me we had contact with Al-Hilal during the summer, we had nothing from them."

For now, that is Everton’s public stance: no bids, no rush, no discount.

The question is simple and brutal as the deadline looms: who blinks first — the clubs chasing Ndiaye, or the one refusing to let him go on the cheap?