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title: "Everton find 11th hour agreement for Iwobi – Good move for the club?"
canonical: "https://readeverton.com/everton-find-11th-hour-agreement-for-iwobi-good-move-for-the-club/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Elliott Cuff"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2019-08-08T16:03:49Z"
modified: "2019-08-08T16:06:46Z"
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# Everton find 11th hour agreement for Iwobi – Good move for the club?

It appears that Everton have made a breakthrough over a deal for Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi right at the death of the Deadline Day, [according to David Ornstein of BBC Sport](https://twitter.com/bbcsport_david/status/1159494796148379648).

Ornstein’s report suggests that the Blues will pay a fee somewhere in the region of £35million to 40million that will see Iwobi complete his move to Goodison Park today.

![Marc Atkins/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readeverton.com/readeverton/2019/08/1139983409.jpg)

Arsenal rejected a £30million offer from the Toffees for the Nigeria international yesterday, and while it took Everton a long time to make their second bid, it appears they may have got their man.

### Read Everton Verdict

This transfer Deadline Day has left me mixed emotions, and it has certainly been a rollercoaster ride of a day for Everton fans.

Out of the three positions Everton were looking to strengthen in today, a high-profile winger and a centre-back came higher in Marco Silva’s list of priorities than another midfielder, with Fabian Delph and JP Gbamin already signed on.

While Iwobi has primarily played as a winger for Arsenal, reports are suggesting that the 23-year old could be considered the midfield signing Silva wanted and while it is promising to see a Deadline Day signing being made, I still feel Everton will be left ruing their failure to find a central defender.