Hull City Strengthens Squad as Everton Faces Departures

Hull City are throwing their weight around in the final hours of the window – and Everton are right at the heart of it.

Tim Iroegbunam is set to swap Hill Dickinson Stadium for East Yorkshire after Hull agreed a £22m package for the midfielder. The 23-year-old will cost an initial £13m, with a further £9m tied up in achievable add-ons, and has been given the green light to undergo his medical.

It’s a sharp turnaround for a player Everton only signed from Aston Villa in 2024 for £9m. Hull see him as a core piece of a rapid rebuild. If the deal is completed, Iroegbunam will become their 13th signing of a frantic summer as they scramble to arm the squad before Tuesday night’s cut-off.

The work will not stop there. Talks are ongoing over a loan move for Chelsea midfielder Dario Essugo, as Hull try to add one more body to a midfield that suddenly looks unrecognisable from last season.

Ndiaye heads to City as Richarlison move collapses

While Hull build, Everton are losing firepower at the top end of the pitch.

Manchester City have struck a deal worth up to £65m for Iliman Ndiaye. The agreement for the Senegal winger is £60m up front, with another £5m in performance-related add-ons, as City move decisively to freshen their attack.

Tottenham thought they were in pole position. They had agreed terms with Everton on Friday night for the 26-year-old and lined up a separate move that would have sent Richarlison back to Merseyside. Everton are understood to have tabled a £35m offer for the Brazil forward.

Then the whole plan fell apart. Richarlison and Everton failed to agree personal terms, killing the prospect of a reunion and, with it, Spurs’ hopes of landing Ndiaye. City stepped in, got their man, and left Tottenham to rethink their late-window strategy.

Aznou heads back to Spain

One Everton departure has already been rubber-stamped.

Left-back Adam Aznou has joined La Liga side Malaga on loan for the 2026-27 season. The 20-year-old, a product of Barcelona’s La Masia academy, returns to Spain after a frustrating year at Everton.

Signed from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2025, Aznou managed just two senior outings last season – one in the FA Cup and one in the Carabao Cup. Malaga now offer him the regular minutes he struggled to find in England.

Hutchinson swaps Forest for San Siro stage

On the continent, AC Milan have dipped into the Premier League again.

They have taken Omari Hutchinson on loan from Nottingham Forest until the end of the season, with an option to make the move permanent. The seven-time European champions are betting on a player who, so far, has not had a clear run at top-flight football.

Hutchinson joined Forest from Ipswich Town in a £37.5m deal only 12 months ago, but his first campaign at the City Ground was turbulent. Four different managers came and went, and the forward made just 17 Premier League starts. Milan now offer a different kind of pressure – and a huge opportunity.

City plug Savio gap with Allan

Back in Manchester, City’s work does not stop with Ndiaye.

They have already completed the signing of winger Allan Elias from Palmeiras in a deal worth up to £34.2m. The Brazilian arrives on a five-year contract after City agreed an initial £32m fee, with a further £2.2m in add-ons.

Allan is a straight replacement for compatriot Savio, who joined Tottenham Hotspur last week in a £75m move. A right-sided winger who came through Palmeiras’ academy, Allan scored nine goals and added 12 assists in 96 senior appearances for the Brazilian club. City now expect him to slot into a rotation that demands end product from wide areas.

Forest reunite Munoz with Glasner

Nottingham Forest, meanwhile, have landed another major signing.

Daniel Munoz has arrived from Crystal Palace in a £22m deal, reuniting with Oliver Glasner at the City Ground. The Colombia right-back played under Glasner at Selhurst Park, where they lifted both the FA Cup and the Conference League.

Munoz has signed a three-year contract after two and a half years with Palace, during which he scored 11 goals in 109 appearances – impressive numbers for a full-back. He follows the club-record £50m capture of Liam Delap and is in line to make his debut against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday.

The clock is ticking

All of this unfolds against the familiar soundtrack of deadline day.

Premier League and EFL clubs have until 23:00 BST on Tuesday to get their paperwork done. The window, which reopened for a second time this year on Monday 15 June, cannot run beyond 16 weeks in a calendar year under Fifa rules.

Last season, English clubs worked to a 19:00 deadline to mirror the traditional working day. This year, the cut-off has reverted to the usual late-night 23:00 finish.

Across Europe, the shutters will come down earlier. Spain, France and Italy all close their windows on the same day but in the evening rather than late at night, while the Bundesliga stops business at 19:00 on Tuesday.

Scotland runs on a different clock again, with clubs there able to trade until 17:00 on Thursday, 3 September. The Women’s Super League works to that same Thursday deadline.

Deals are flying in, negotiations are stalling, and agents are scrambling. The question now is simple: who will still be standing at the fax machine when the clock hits 23:00?