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Transfers: Grealish, Ndiaye set for swap as O'Brien waits

liman Ndiaye of Everton celebrates scoring his team's first goal v Brighton with team-mate Jack Grealish, Premier League, August 2025

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Grealish (right) and Ndiaye are set to go in opposite directions

Shamrock Rovers' goalkeeper Alex Noonan is set to join Ipswich Town, as Jake O'Brien waits to see if his immediate future will be at Everton.

Celtic and Ireland's Johnny Kenny as well as Sam Curtis are also among those who could be on the move.

Manchester City have pulled off the signing of Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez before the deadline.

Reports claim that City have offered £125m to their fellow Premier League title challengers in order to pull off the move.

Jack Grealish is set to return to Everton on another season-long loan from Manchester City.

A deal has been agreed between the clubs for the 30-year-old to spend a second campaign with the Toffees, having seen last term's loan curtailed by a stress fracture which ended his season in January.

The deal for Grealish to return to Everton comes at the same time as City have agreed a fee worth up to £65million (€75.87m) for Toffees winger Iliman Ndiaye.

Everton were one of the busiest clubs today and have had a bid accepted by Monaco for United States striker Folarin Balogun. Reports have suggested the Toffees offered around £40million (€46.7m) for the 25-year-old.

Tottenham are set to make a double signing from Chelsea after agreeing deals to take Mykhailo Mudryk (above) on loan and buy Tosin Adarabioyo.

It is understood that his loan deal will include a £75m (€87.54m) option to make the deal permanent. Meanwhile, Adarabioyo is set to join for a fee of £7m (€8.17m), a deal which will allow Kevin Danso to join Sunderland.

Attacker Ibrahim Mbaye has joined Aston Villa from Paris St Germain on a permanent transfer with Taylor Harwood-Bellis moving from Southampton on deadline day.

Roy Keane's son-in-law replaces Ezri Konsa in Villa's defence, after the England centre-back made a move to defending Premier League champions Arsenal.

Arsenal midfielder Fabio Vieira has completed a permanent move to Bundesliga club Hamburg.

The 26-year-old midfielder spent last season on loan in Germany having found himself surplus to Gunners boss Mikel Arteta's plans.

Gabriel Jesus of Arsenal applauds the fans during the warm up prior to the Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester United at Emirates Stadium on January 25, 2026 in London, England.

Gabriel Jesus of Arsenal applauds the fans during the warm up prior to the Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester United at Emirates Stadium on January 25, 2026 in London, England.

Meanwhile Barcelona have completed the signing of Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus from Arsenal.

The 29-year-old has signed a three-year contract with the Spanish champions after the Gunners accepted a bid understood to be worth £8.6million (€10m).

Jesus scored 32 goals in 123 appearances for Arsenal after signing from Manchester City in a £45m (€52.5m) deal in 2022.

Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Atalanta defender Honest Ahanor, with the player set to move to Stamford Bridge in 2027.

The 18-year-old will spend this season on loan at Crystal Palace from the Serie A side before joining Chelsea officially next year.

Marc Guiu moved from Chelsea to RB Leipzig on a five-year deal for €16million. He joins strikers David Datro Fofana, Nicolas Jackson and Liam Delap in having departed Chelsea during the transfer window.

Newcastle United striker Nick Woltemade is on his way out of the Premier League club and is understood to be on his way to Turin to join Juventus on a year-long loan deal.

Newcastle signed Matias Fernandez-Pardo from Lille for an initial fee of £51.4m (€60m) plus add-ons as his replacement.

Premier League newcomers Hull have signed German striker Ilyas Ansah from Bundesliga side Union Berlin for an undisclosed fee.

Watch two FAI Cup quarter-finals live on RTÉ 2 and RTÉ Player this weekend - St Patrick's Athletic v Bohemians from 3.45pm on Saturday and Derry City v Dundalk from 3.45pm on Sunday

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