Transfer deadline day: Liverpool to sign Gravenberch, Bayindir joins Manchester United – live
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Another Manchester City youngster is heading out.
James McAtee leaves Man City and he joins Sheffield United on loan, here we go! 🔴🤝🏻 #DeadlineDay
McAtee was tempted by Leicester as Maresca wanted him but lure of the Premier League and emotional connection to Sheffield United too much. pic.twitter.com/X1uXeMetkK
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 1, 2023
Wolves have signed Manchester City royalty in Tommy Doyle, in that he is grandson of two City legends in Mike Doyle and Glynn Pardoe. He will spend the season on loan at Molineux after Matheus Nunes went the other way on a permanent move and joins Wolves on the back of a successful season with Sheffield United, who he helped to promotion to the Premier League in May.
Done deal: Arsenal must be missing a full-back, and it only takes a minute to tell you that Nuno Tavares will play the season at Nottingham Forest on loan.
Ben Fisher
There is a growing expectation that Brennan Johnson will not wake up a Nottingham Forest player on Saturday morning. Whether he does a Tottenham Hotspur one remains to be seen. Spurs want to sign the versatile forward but need to offload fringe players to finance any deal and trim their squad. The significant part here is Forest are very much open to selling for a fee circa £45m. Brentford still retain interest in a player they have bid multiple times for over the past couple of years but are loath to enter a bidding war of sorts.
Palhinha heading to Bayern Munich?
Jacob Steinberg
Fulham are not confirming reports from Germany that they’ve accepted a €65m offer from Bayern Munich for João Palhinha. The day’s early, though, and the deal is expected to go through – assuming that Fulham, who have contacted Tottenham about Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – can find a replacement for their influential midfielder.
Losing Palhinha would be a huge blow for Marco Silva, who is desperate to keep the Portugal international. It’s been a weird window for Fulham. They’ve already lost Mitrovic to the Saudi Pro League and it will be interesting to see what Palhinha’s likely departure has on Silva’s future.
By the way, this is a deal that could spark a merry-go-round. If Palhinha goes and Fulham sign Hojbjerg (they have alternatives) then don’t be surprised to see Tottenham go for Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher.
Just as Liverpool find their new supersub in Darwin Nunez, the previous incumbent is coming back to the Premier League.
For the moment, here’s Jürgen Klopp’s say on the Salah matter: “The position remains the same. No offer as far as I know. No doubt about it. Nothing else to say.”
Klopp: “I really think we did good business [this summer].”
— Anfield Edition (@AnfieldEdition) September 1, 2023
We await developments on Liverpool’s latest signing and await the Saudi Arabian swoop for Mohamed Salah. It’s coming, surely.
More on Manchester United from Jamie Jackson: “United remain intent on signing Sofyan Amrabat, with their interest independent of the sale of Scott McTominay, who is not expected to leave.
Done deal: Chelsea sign Palmer from Manchester City
Jacob Steinberg
The deal is a boost for Mauricio Pochettino, who has been pushing Chelsea to buy an attacking player since losing Christopher Nkunku to a long-term knee injury earlier this month. Chelsea are also without Mykhailo Mudryk and Carney Chukwuemeka before hosting Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Pochettino’s preference was to bring in a forward capable of playing in a variety of roles. Palmer fits the bill: a left-footed talent capable of playing on the right wing and through the middle.
Will Unwin
It should be a busy day at Nottingham Forest. Odisseas Vlachodimos is on his way from Benfica, Callum Hudson-Odoi will join from Chelsea and Nuno Tavares from Arsenal. Where the most intrigue lies is with regards to Brennan Johnson and whether Forest can come to an agreement with Tottenham. If the winger does go, they will likely pull the lever to sign Ibrahim Sangare from PSV.
Done deal: Manchester United sign goalkeeper Bayindir
Jamie Jackson
Manchester United have signed Altay Bayindir from Fenerbache for €5m on a four-year deal with an option of another 12 months, the 25-year-old goalkeeper replacing Dean Henderson who joined Crystal Palace earlier in the week.
The transfer was completed on Thursday night but the announcement was delayed due to the Turkish club’s 2-0 Europa Conference League win against FC Twente then.
Bayindir said: “It is a huge honour to join Manchester United and become the first Turkish player to represent this incredible club. I have a passion for success, and I will give everything to help this special group of players to achieve our ambitions.”
On transfer deadline day United hope to sign Tottenham’s left-back Sergio Reguilon on loan due to Erik ten Hag’s first-choice in the position, Luke Shaw, in the position being injured until as long as November.
The proposed deal is thought to have a break clause in January to allow Reguilon’s return to Spurs. Marc Cucurella playing for Chelsea against Wimbledon this week prevented such a deal.
Barry Glendenning brings you the Rumour Mill.
Chelsea’s policy of offloading home-grown academy graduates in the interests of trimming their squad and balancing the books shows no sign of abating, with Callum Hudson-Odoi being shipped out to Nottingham Forest. Once valued at £50m, the injury prone winger is rumoured to be going for a cut-price £8m. Trevoh Chalobah is also expected to leave Stamford Bridge for Bayern Munich, even if the German champions’ insistence on a loan deal is not entirely to Chelsea’s liking. Bayern also remain interested in taking Conor Gallagher off the Chelsea payroll, but any move they make could be hijacked by Tottenham.
With Spurs looking increasingly unlikely to lure Brennan Johnson away from Nottingham Forest, expect them to ramp up their efforts to sign Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace instead. After their pursuit of Chelsea full-back Marc Cucurella came to naught, Manchester United will announce the signing of Tottenham full-back Sergio Reguilón. The 26-year-old Spaniard spent a couple of hours on Thursday night being poked by the Old Trafford medics before a season long loan. United remain hell-bent on signing Sofyan Amrabat from Fiorentina and both clubs and the player himself all seem amenable to a deal being concluded as long as the price is right.
Preamble
It’s here, yellow-ticker fever day is with us. And there’s plenty of loose ends to tie up, with transfers aplenty to be carried out through the day and night until we reach the witching hour and talk of “deal sheets” descends. While the supernova deals of the summer have been done, largely, in Declan Rice and Harry Kane, just about every Premier League club has a gap or two to fill. And that could make for some deadline day drama. They say anything can happen on deadline day and while that is a statement full of more holes than Blackburn, Lancashire, it’s bound to be heavy on the jet fuel, and clicks on X/Twitter. Stick with us for the duration until the window SLAMS SHUT.
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