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Defender Zach Abbott is set to depart boyhood club Nottingham Forest to join Southampton on an initial loan deal, which could become permanent in the summer.
Hull splash out on Ansah
Hull have added another signing in the form of Ilyas Ansah from Union Berlin. The forward has cost the Tigers £21m and signed a five-year deal with the club.
“I’m very excited,” Ansah said. “It’s a dream come true for me to play in the Premier League, and for such a big club – it’s really an honour for me. I have heard a lot about the club, the players and the team, and I’m excited to play with the boys and to get to know them. It was an honour and a dream playing in the Bundesliga. Now, I have another dream to play in the Premier League, and I’m going to work hard for it.”
Tottenham have confirmed the departure of the Brazilian Souza to Porto on loan for the season.
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I would advise Burnley to go out and sign a replacement, otherwise their Championship season could be in trouble.
Ipswich to sign Flemming from Burnley
Nick Ames
Ipswich are on course to complete the signing of Burnley striker Zian Flemming, who is Suffolk-bound this morning to complete his medical and other formalities.
The arrival of Flemming, who scored 11 top-flight goals for the doomed Clarets last season, ends Gary O’Neil’s search for a senior centre-forward and comes after loan target Tammy Abraham chose to stay at Aston Villa.
As things stand that is the only business that will be done at Portman Road this deadline day and the fee, thought to be around £17m, will push the promoted side’s summer spend towards £200m.
Your friend and mine Tom Garry has previewed Manchester City’s WSL season. Why not have a gander?
An update from Hull …
In what will be a very busy day for the Tigers, they are aiming to sign Brooke-Norton Cuffy from Genoa, Tim Iroegbunam from Everton and Robinio Vaz from Roma.
Cody Drameh, meanwhile, is set for Genoa.
Andy Flintoff emails: “Your current picture at the top of the feed (@ 9.55am) obviously shows that Enzo Fernandez was a dab hand at the intra-squad Give Us A Clue competition and would be a big loss if he left Chelsea.”
A man of many talents.
Louise Taylor
Leeds are closing in on a sixth summer signing with the left-back Melvin Bard set to swap Nice for West Yorkshire in a one-year deal featuring an option to buy next summer.
Meanwhile Wilfried Gnonto’s hopes of starting a new life in Florence with Fiorentina look contingent on Daniel Farke being able to sign a replacement wide attacker by the end of today.
Ed Aarons
Crystal Palace are adamant that Ismaila Sarr will not be leaving in this window after rejecting an offer from Liverpool for the Senegal forward. With Cody Gakpo now expected to stay at Anfield, it remains to be seen whether they or anyone else make another approach for Sarr, who is understood to have been unsettled by the interest and has deleted all references to Palace from his social media accounts.
The Conference League winners are no strangers to a frenetic final day of the window and there could be plenty of movement again with teenage defender Honest Akanor set to sign on loan from Atalanta and Palace also eyeing up a new central midfielder. Celtic have made an approach to sign Justin Devenny on loan, while Borna Sosa, David Ozoh, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Romain Esse are other potential departures.
Andy Hunter
No further incomings are expected at Liverpool following the £123m arrival of Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain on Monday. There could be several outgoings, but none from Andoni Iraola’s first team plans after bids for Cody Gakpo and Trey Nyoni were rejected from Manchester City and Nottingham Forest, respectively. Anfield departures are likely to all be loans too – Harvey Elliott to Valencia, with no obligation to buy, is the main one while the fit-again Jayden Danns has offers from several Championship clubs.
Villa close to double deal
Ben Fisher
Aston Villa are finalising the signings of Ibrahim Mbaye and Taylor Harwood-Bellis, both of whom were at Villa Park last night for Arsenal’s win. Unai Emery does not expect any more business after those arrivals, with Tammy Abraham informing the Villa manager he wants to fight for his place amid interest from Ipswich. Emery has made it clear Nicolas Jackson is his No 1 striker, with the 17-year-old Brian Madjo also ahead of Abraham in the pecking order.
Guiu leaves Chelsea for RB Leipzig
Jacob Steinberg
It’s the Chelsea news you’ve been waiting for … Marc Guiu has joined RB Leipzig. The striker was signed by Chelsea from Barcelona two years ago but has not had much of a look-in.
Ed Aarons
Arsenal look set for a busy final day of the window with Gabriel Martinelli expected to complete his move to Al Hilal for a club record £56m and Gabriel Jesus on his way to Barcelona. With Fabio Vieira also departing for Hamburg on a permanent deal and Ethan Nwaneri poised for a season-long loan at Borussia Dortmund, the Premier League champions are looking to add another attacker before the deadline. But while Julian Alvarez is still not so keen on a move to north London, Mikel Arteta’s side have been offered Lyon’s Malick Fofana and are understood to be exploring other options. One to watch in the coming hours…
Jamie Jackson
Jack Grealish, the former Manchester City and British record 100m signing, in 2021, is expected to be loaned to Everton again. The 30-year-old forward was at the Merseyside club on a temporary basis last season, too.
Andy Hunter
Everton are likely to be one of the busiest clubs on deadline day as they attempt to move on from the Harrison Armstrong saga and flip a troubled window into a decent one.
Jack Grealish is currently undergoing a medical ahead of rejoining David Moyes’s team on another season-long loan. The Manchester City midfielder has had numerous offers this summer but, having forged an excellent relationship with Everton last season, where he continued his rehabilitation from a fractured foot rather than return to his parent club, the 30-year-old was set on a return to Everton.
The deal for Grealish is separate to City’s £65m purchase of Iliman Ndiaye. Not exactly the “absolutely outrageous bid” that Moyes said it would take to prise the Senegal international – who has three years left on his contract – away from Everton.
Talks are advancing well over a £40m deal for Monaco and USA striker Folarin Balogun, who will replace Beto in the squad following the centre forward’s £15.5m move to Fiorentina. Balogun’s arrival would confirm the pursuit of Richarlison is over.
Nathan Patterson is also bound for Serie A having been given permission to undergo a medical with Torino. Everton have agreed a permanent fee for the Scotland international plus a sell-on fee. Patterson has been blighted by injuries since his £12m transfer from Rangers in January 2022. Everton could finally fill their right back vacancy with Fulham’s Kenny Tete for £9m.
Midfielder Tim Iroegbunam is set to complete his move to Hull for an initial £12m.
On a day fuelled by a billion rumours, Dominic Booth has kindly boiled them down.
Jacob Steinberg
West Ham are closing on a loan deal for Nottingham Forest centre-back Morato. Soungoutou Magassa is still trying to find a way out of West Ham - Crystal Palace are interested in the former Monaco midfielder - but he’s being denied an exit at the moment.
Sunderland to sign Danso from Spurs and keep Brobbey
Louise Taylor
Sunderland are close to completing a deal with Tottenham for the central defender Kevin Danso. Providing there are no unforeseen hitches, Danso will join on an initial one year loan before making the move ‘permanent’ in a £25m transfer next summer.
Meanwhile Sunderland are highly resistant to offers from Como for the Netherlands striker Brian Brobbey but seem set to loan the winger Simon Adingra to Ajax ahead of a permanent move next summer.
Regis Le Bris though has wanted a specialist right winger and another striker to cover for and compete with Brobbey all summer. Will Sunderland’s manager get his men?
The first done deal of the day came at League One Burton Albion, who have confirmed the permanent signing of Caylan Vickers from Brighton.
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Woltemade set to leave Newcastle for Juventus
Louise Taylor
A year after arriving at Newcastle for a record £69m from Stuttgart Nick Woltemade is literally leaving on a jet plane this morning, flying to Turin for a medical at Juventus.
The Germany striker, who, ideally, wanted to stay at Newcastle will join Juve on a one-year loan that will cost the Serie A club around £3.5m.
He may not have been the right fit for Newcastle but Napoli, Borussia Dortmund and other Bundesliga clubs also wanted the 24-year-old on loan.
Flying in - sort of - the opposite direction is the Lille forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo who is due to complete his move to Newcastle today with the fee for the 21-year-old Belgium international in the region of £51m to £55m. He will be Newcastle’s eighth summer signing.
Not sure why Joshua Zirkzee wants to stay at United because he is clearly below Harry Maguire in the pecking order for who plays up top.
Jamie Jackson
The relentless Jamie Jackson has been in touch after his eighth coffee of the day …
Joshua Zirkzee is not pushing to leave Manchester United, is the understanding, with the proposed loan deal to Fiorentina having not materialised. The Dutch forward, who was signed in July 2024 as Ineos’s first acquisition for €42.5m, could still leave on a temporary basis - Juventus are thought to be interested. If he does stay this may point to why there is scant budget for a left-back of a higher price.
We knock social media but it does allow us an insight in footballer’s lives. Sam Edozie has released a statement saying he wants to leave Southampton after receiving numerous offers in recent windows.
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Jamie Jackson
Manchester United’s Harry Amass is wanted by Burnley - primarily as a permanent signing for around £3.5m - yet despite discussions between the clubs in recent days these need to speed up/reach an agreement soon if any deal is to be done for the young left-back.
One outgoing from Manchester United will be teenage Australian defender James Overy who is returning to his homeland to sign for Sydney FC. All is agree but the paperwork needs signing.
Joe Worrall has completed his medical and agreed to join Wrexham from Burnley for £2m. The centre-back has signed a three-year deal and could be joined by Callum O’Hare of Sheffield United, with the Welsh side willing to pay £7m for the midfielder.
Andy Barton emails: “Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Ibrahim Mbaye were both shown on Sky last night sitting in the same Villa exec boxes watching the Arsenal game. I’d like to assume that both will go through today. I am actually pretty excited about the rebuild; buy youth and sell at their peak is a good way to survive, ideally they wouldn’t all go in the same window though ...
“Buendia, Mcginn, Mbaye, Alysson, Garnacho ‘could’ be decent behind a good striker. You never know Leon Bailey might have his one good season out of every three ...
“We were looking stale upfront for most of last season, we had that 10-week spell in the middle of just scoring worldies from range. That was the reason for finishing where we did.”
Shall we run through the current state of play down at Everton?
They are working on bringing in Jack Grealish, Folarin Balogun and Kenny Tete.
On their way out Iliman Ndiaye (Manchester City), Beto (Fiorentina), Tim Iroegbunam (Hull) and Nathan Patterson (Torino).
I hope they’ve had their fax machine serviced.
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Jamie Jackson
Manchester United may - only may - have done all of their major incoming business which means no left-back. If a last minute dot com opportunity arises then this will be considered so let’s see but for the moment it seems likely that Carlos Baleba was the club’s last signing of the summer window.
A lot of people are highly invested in people moving companies and changing jobs. You do not get this with accountancy or waste management.
In case any players do not get a move today and are desperate to get out of their club, there are options. Not all country’s celebrate deadline day on 1 September, so there is still hope of heading off to Turkey or Portugal.
Here are a list of deadline days, according to Fifa.
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England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain – 1 September
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Argentina, Netherlands - 2 September
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Scotland - 3 September
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Turkey - 4 September
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Russia - 10 September
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Brazil - 11 September
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Portugal - 15 September
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UAE - 28 September
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Saudi - 12 October
Manchester United’s Jack Moorhouse is expected to leave the club on loan today. He has interest from a few League One clubs, most notably Plymouth, but is also wanted by Scottish Premiership side Dundee.
With Iliman Ndiaye, seemingly, on his way to Manchester City, Everton have quickly lined up a replacement from … ermmmmm… Manchester City. Jack Grealish is set to return to Hill Dickinson Stadium to replicate his season-long loan with the Toffees.
What deadline day is really about is livebloggers tenuously finding links to old articles they have written. On that note …
Iliman Ndiaye has already played for a Manchester club … Hyde.
The window will be calmly closed and pulled to at 11pm BST. The fun, however, does not stop there because teams can be permitted an additional two hours to complete deals as long as a deal sheet, confirming a deal is agreed, was submitted before the cut-off.
I did get a message from someone last night suggesting that Iliman Ndiaye could end up signing for Chelsea. I may as well put that out there in case I look like a genius come 11pm.
Here is a quick run through the state of play via the latest overnight from our reporters.
Iliman Ndiaye is, currently, off to Manchester City after deciding against a Roberto De Zerbi reunion at Tottenham.
Bradley Barcola is now a Liverpool player, as is Cody Gakpo, who will not be sold to Manchester City.
Can Arsenal get a deal for Julian Alvarez over the line?
Some striker movement.
Arsenal's Nwaneri set for Dortmund loan
Jacob Steinberg
Borussia Dortmund have agreed a deal to sign Ethan Nwaneri on loan from Arsenal. The teenager has struggled for opportunities at the champions and will hopefully get regular football in Germany. Arsenal are still after attacking additions and are believed to be interested in Lyon winger Malick Fofana.
Preamble
Finally, a bit of drama in the world of football. This is the day most anticipated by many, those more interested in the boardroom than what happens on the pitch. It has become modern-day theatre, leaving us all glued to social media, TV and some very trusty live blogging of all the events.
Regardless of circumstances, deadline day always get a huge buildup but is often a bit of a damp squib. Today, however, feels like it will be highly-charged and an expensive one for cheque book signers. The list of potential deals is already very long and it will only lengthen throughout the day, because there will inevitability be a surprise or two before the clock strikes 11pm BST.
Manchester City could end up spending around £200m today, which would put them in the spicy meatball category. Everton is heading for a busy one of ins and outs, while Hull are worth keeping an eye on. Tottenham will add a couple and you have to imagine Newcastle will have something up their sleeve.
Here’s to a day of fun …
