The striker's failed transfer was part of a dramatic series of events involving Monaco, Everton, Chelsea and one of Balogun's team-mates

The final hours of last Tuesday, deadline day across the five major European leagues, brought plenty of twists and turns in the deal between Everton and AS Monaco for Folarin Balogun. In the end, the

U.S. striker Folarin Balogun pulled out of a deal to join Everton in the final minutes of European soccer’s summer transfer window because he felt uncomfortable that the English club raised doubts about his health in a medical check,

And so, at the end of a dreamy summer, two months after he seized every spotlight imaginable, Balogun will retreat to the relative anonymity of Monaco, to home games at a half-empty 16,360-seat stadium, to a league that few in the United States know how to watch.

Herculez Gomez questions Folarin Balogun’s Everton U-turn as new details emerge about the medical concerns behind the failed transfer.

USMNT striker Folarin Balogun is not necessarily tied to Monaco for the 2026–27 season, even after pulling out of an otherwise agreed transfer to Everton in the

Monaco failed in attempts to cash in on not one but two of their big names on Tuesday - but the mood has evidently not been soured

Everton manager David Moyes has opened up on a turbulent conclusion to the summer transfer window, admitting he has been forced to "live with disappointments" following a series of failed moves. The Toffees boss saw a high-profile deal for USMNT striker Folarin Balogun fall through at the final hour while losing a key creative spark to Manchester City.