How Everton already have an answer to life without Iliman Ndiaye, the results prove it

Iliman Ndiaye has been an ever-present figure in Everton's squad over the last two seasons.

The Senegalese international has rarely been unavailable for the Toffees and is not often dropped to the bench either.

Those facts make the possibility of losing the winger all the more scary as reports continue to rumble on.

Goodison News has been covering the news that Al Hilal are pushing to sign Ndiaye this summer.

For Everton, they had already been looking to add to their attacking department, so losing a player before they had done so, is far from ideal.

But Everton fans have already got a glimpse into life without Ndiaye at two points over the last two seasons.

What is Everton's record without Iliman Ndiaye?

Losing any top star will bring about negativity, but over the past few years, the Blues have seemingly coped quite well without the winger.

Since he arrived in 2024-2025, there has only been two short periods where the Toffees went without Ndiaye.

In 2024-2025, a knee injury kept him out from 15 February to 2 April. In that run, Everton played five games and actually went unbeaten.

The L3 drew four of those matches, with one being a win, handing them seven points out of a possible 15.

Then, in the following season, the Senegalese ace was missing from 20 December 2025 until 26 January 2026 due to his AFCON participation.

While that was not an unbeaten run, the Toffees did manage to win two out of six games, with two draws and two losses as well.

Overall, Everton have managed to accumulate 15 points out of 33 possible without the 26-year-old, a 46 per cent total tally.

Which interestingly, when looking at Everton's percentage of total possible points earned over the last two seasons stands at a lower percentage of 42.5 per cent.

So, while losing Ndiaye will certainly be felt, it may not be as much of a loss as first perceived for David Moyes.

Why Everton could be left scrambling in the market

Everton's slow business could end up coming back to haunt them, and perhaps the loss of Ndiaye would be felt more in that aspect.

The Toffees already need to bring in attackers and have so far made little headway in that department.

Losing Ndiaye would further increase that need, and there will be little confidence the Blues can sufficiently replace him based on their current movements.

Results show it may not be the end of the world should Ndiaye leave, but failing to replace him would be a significant problem.