Manchester City are reportedly closing in on a record-breaking deal for Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo, with their pursuit bolstered by Tottenham Hotspur’s shift in focus toward Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye.
For a player who endured one of his most underwhelming Premier League seasons last term—a campaign in which he was out-scored by both of Everton’s widely criticized strikers, Beto and Thierno Barry—Gakpo has become the center of this summer’s transfer merry-go-round.
