"Top drawer" Premier League attacker among top Man United transfer targets this summer | OneFootball

There’s some major Manchester United transfer news emerging this morning, with Everton winger Iliman Ndiaye among their many summer targets.

Ndiaye has impressed in the Premier League this season, contributing six goals and three assists in 25 league games.

This has previously led to the Senegal international being linked with Man Utd by TEAMtalk, and now there’s a fresh update on him from Sky Sports.

They name Ndiaye as one of the attacking players on United’s radar, along with talented young RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande.

Other big names like Elliot Anderson, Carlos Baleba, Adam Wharton, and Lewis Hall are mentioned in their report as MUFC could be set for a busy window if they get back into the Champions League.

Is Iliman Ndiaye good enough for Manchester United?

It’s easy to imagine Everton coming under pressure to sell Ndiaye before long, but is he actually good enough for United considering how much he’s likely to cost?

The Red Devils already have fine attacking options like Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha, and Amad Diallo, so it’s not obvious Ndiaye would be a regular in their starting XI.

It’s also worth noting that Ndiaye’s numbers are not that spectacular and he’s already 26 years of age, so there’s perhaps limited scope for him to improve much further.

Taking all this into account, we gave him the Transfer Fit rating below (find out more about how we calculate these here)…

We rate this at just 10/25 – Ndiaye is enjoying a bit of a purple patch and has scored some fine goals, but the eye test alone can be deceiving.

Jamie O’Hara described Ndiaye as “top drawer” and one of the best players in the Premier League, but he doesn’t actually look quite as impressive as Mbeumo did at Brentford, for example.

Overall, Ndiaye doesn’t look like someone who’d really take United up a level, and unless he turns out to be a very late bloomer, it’s possible that we’re already seeing him pretty much at his peak level.