{"id":68961,"date":"2025-06-25T10:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68961"},"modified":"2025-06-25T10:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:54:20","slug":"everton-revives-interest-in-signing-wilfred-ndidi-from-leicester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/25\/everton-revives-interest-in-signing-wilfred-ndidi-from-leicester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton Revives Interest in Signing Wilfred Ndidi from Leicester City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everton Football Club has renewed its interest in Nigerian international Wilfred Ndidi, with plans to make a summer move for the Leicester City midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>The Toffees had previously shown interest in the 27-year-old but were unable to secure a deal after he signed a new three-year contract with Leicester last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Leicester City&#8217;s recent relegation from the Premier League has now activated a \u00a39 million release clause in Ndidi\u2019s contract, making the highly-rated midfielder available at a cut-price fee.<\/p>\n<p>This development has reignited interest from top clubs, including Everton, Manchester United, and several teams from the Saudi Pro League.<\/p>\n<p>Everton, eager to bolster their midfield ahead of the new season, view Ndidi as a crucial addition to strengthen their squad.<\/p>\n<p>Should the move materialize, Ndidi would join the ranks of notable Nigerian players who have represented the Merseyside club.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are also monitoring the situation closely, considering Ndidi as a potential summer signing.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, clubs in Saudi Arabia are reportedly offering lucrative contracts in a bid to lure the midfielder to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining Leicester City from KRC Genk in January 2017, Ndidi has become a cornerstone of the Foxes&#8217; midfield.<\/p>\n<p>He has made over 300 appearances, scoring 18 goals and providing 22 assists.<\/p>\n<p>With his future now uncertain, the coming weeks will be crucial as clubs intensify efforts to secure his signature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Everton Football Club has renewed its interest in Nigerian international Wilfred Ndidi, with plans to make a summer move for the Leicester City midfielder. The Toffees had previously shown interest in the 27-year-old but were unable to secure a deal after he signed a new three-year contract with Leicester last summer. Leicester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":68962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68963,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68961\/revisions\/68963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}