Laurie Bell:, external After years of flirting from a distance, soul mates Lee Cattermole and Stoke City finally marry #inevitable #getstuckin

Tyler Gilson:, external Being linked with Draxler and getting Kallstrom is like turning down a Porsche 911 for a Vauxhall Astra

Advaye Sawhny:, external I didn't know who Nacho Monreal was this time last year and I'm an Arsenal fan, this gives me hope

Southampton fans, are you a striker light now that Dani Osvaldo is on his way? Or can youngster Sam Gallagher fill the void?

BBC World service's Steve Crossman: "Serbian striker Filip Dordevic may be allowed to leave Nantes according to L'equipe. The French paper says that Cardiff City could also move for him.

"The French club have already signed former Swansea City forward Itay Shechter on loan from Hapoel Tel Aviv today and they might now be willing to listen to offers for their top scorer.

""May", "could" and "might" - words I hate writing on any other day, but it's 31 January."

Southampton

Big, if not unexpected news from Italy, with Southampton striker Dani Osvaldo completing his medical ahead of a move to Juventus. The Saints' record signing is close to leaving the club.

BBC Radio 5 live senior football reporter Ian Dennis

On 5 live Drive: "There's still time for a big deal. We were told it would go to the wire and it certainly looks that way with Liverpool's pursuit of Yevhen Konoplyanka. Sunderland are still hoping to sign a British-based player, and just some news from Stoke... a fee has now been agreed with Sunderland for their midfielder Lee Cattermole."

Listen to transfer deadline day latest on BBC Radio 5 live right now.

Chelsea earlier completed a £12m move for 19-year-old St Etienne centre-back Kurt Zouma.

Nathan Fussell:, external £12m is a steal for him.

Dave Sansom:, external Pretty much every top European club was linked with Zouma and numbers in the range of 18 to 20 million were being thrown around, so it's a great signing for Chelsea.

Muasya Musyimi:, external Kurt Zouma, did you have a chat with these young players before penning down the deal - Lukaku? Chalobah? De Bruyne? Nathan Ake? You will never play at Chelsea and the best you will do is seek a loan move to QPR!

Stoke City

Stand by Stoke fans, and Sunderland fans - Stoke have agreed a fee with the Black Cats for midfielder Lee Cattermole.

Is he the man for a relegation dogfight? You bet...

That Kim Kallstrom medical does feel like it's dragging on a bit, but if you take a look at Robbie Savage's excellent guide to transfers you will see him say that some medicals can take up to two days!

You can't take any risks. Or you may end up with Abou Diaby Mk II.

Ant:, external Has Kallstrom finished his massage and pedicure at Arsenal yet?

Charlie Fee:, external Jack Rodwell would surely be open to a cheeky loan to Newcastle? He's wasted at City...

Teengetaways:, external Arsene Wenger, you're so cheap! You got Ozil - look what it's done. Sign a quality striker, spend that £100m

Palace could soon field a front three of Leon Best, Marouane Chamakh and Cameron Jerome then. Forget Bright and Wright...

Crystal Palace

BBC Sport's Andy Cryer: "While Blackburn Rovers wait to hear on whether captain Scott Dann will agree personal terms with Crystal Palace, they may yet be losing another player to the Londoners - although this departure would be more welcome.

"Palace have shown an interest in Rovers' out of favour striker Leon Best. Best has been frozen out by Blackburn for most of this season with the Lancashire club keen to offload his big wages.

"Any potential deal between Palace and Best would depend on Best taking a sizeable drop in wages. Palace also have several alternative striker targets. Scott Dann would also have to accept a drop in wages to complete his move."

BBC Sport's David Ornstein

"Everton defender John Heitinga is in London for talks with Fulham over a possible move to Craven Cottage.

"Fulham boss Rene Meulensteen identified fellow Dutchman Heitinga as his preferred candidate to replace Aaron Hughes before the Northern Ireland international's move to QPR, which went through earlier on Friday.

"Negotiations between the Cottagers and Heintinga are ongoing and they hope to complete his signing in time for the 23:00 GMT deadline.

"There is no update on Dimitar Berbatov's proposed move to Monaco, but Fulham do not expect him back at the club following their £11m signing of Greece striker Kostas Mitroglou from Olympiakos."

Juliette Ferrington
BBC Sport

"Talk of Lee Cattermole at Stoke are not true. He may be in the area, but he's definitely not at the club or training ground."

A snippet from the lower leagues now as BBC Radio Sheffield report that Rotherham United have rejected a bid from Coventry for striker Alex Revell.

Coventry are after a replacement for Leon Clarke, who joined Wolves yesterday for £750,000.

Image source, PA

Stoke defender Robert Huth:, external Spotted on Deadline Day: Jon Walters putting his helicopter back in his garage. No takers.

I've not heard a peep from Newcastle I'm afraid lads. Let me ask Dave Ornstein, who has more Premier League contacts than Dani Behr...

Hopeful Geordie Ed: Any news from Newcastle? Or has Joe Kinnear taken a half day?

Paul: If Newcastle don't sign anyone and get beat in the derby, I predict 50,000 very angry Geordies tomorrow.

Fulham

Craven Cottage is the place to be this afternoon. Press Association Sport understands that Fulham are hoping to bring in at least three more signings before the deadline.

Netherlands international John Heitinga is currently finalising a move from Everton, while Manchester United youngsters Larnell Cole and Ryan Tunnicliffe appear close to signing.

Not going down without a fight...

Zenit Saint Petersburg have signed Venezuelan striker Jose Salomon Rondon from fellow Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan.

He is the first black player to sign for Zenit since their biggest fans group said this in an open letter in December 2012:

"The absence of black Zenit players is just an important tradition that underlines the team's identity and nothing more."

He joins fellow black players Axel Witsel and Hulk at the four times Russian champions.

Fulham

Image source, Getty Images

Ex-Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll , who now plays for Olympiakos, believes Fulham have made a great signing in their purchase of Greece striker Konstantinos Mitroglou for about £11m.

In fact, he may just be a cult icon in the making.

"I've known him for two years at Olympiakos and he has played at the highest level in the Champions League and scored a lot of goals for us there," Carroll told BBC Radio 5 live.

"He has been the top goalscorer in Greece for the last two years. He is 26 and hungry and passionate about his football.

"Eric Cantona was a great, great player, one of the best but Konstantinos is very strong. I remember watching Cantona on television and he was holding the ball up and that's the type of player Konstantinos is."