BBC Radio Derby
Ed Dawes

“Derby County are expected to complete the signing of midfielder Jacob Butterfield from Huddersfield Town. The 25-year-old is to join the Rams for a fee thought to be around £3.5m.”

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John Bennett
BBC World Service

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Apart from the David De Gea madness it was relatively quiet in La Liga but there was an emotional return for a World Cup winner.

Joaquin is going home.

The winger signed for Real Betis - the club where he started his career - on a two-year deal.

Joaquin left in 2006 for spells at Valencia, Malaga and finally Fiorentina.

Doria's nightmare at Marseille is over. The Brazilian signed for the French club in September 2014 but never played a game. He's now signed for Granada on loan until 2016 with an option to buy.

Elsewhere Sevilla have signed defender Marco Andreolli from Inter and the promising AC Milan youngster Hachim Mastour joined Malaga on a two-year loan.

But of course there's only one taking point; was that De Gea paperwork submitted on time?

Song made 31 appearances on loan at West Ham from Barcelona last season. An extended try-before-you-buy arrangement.

It's deadline day, players are on the move, contracts are being signed and photographers are busy snapping players with their new club shirts.

If you were on the move from your job how would you illustrate it? What clauses would you insert into your contract? 

Tea-making bonuses? Desk by the window? Unlimited screenwipes? If you're a postman would you pose with a sack of letters? How about a taxi driver posing by his car opening the door for a customer?

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Not one to trouble those top eight big deals.

Lyon have confirmed the signing of Newcastle United midfielder Olivier Kemen for a fee of 750,000 euros.

The 19-year-old joined Newcastle in 2013 from Metz, but never made a first team appearance for the Magpies.

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With Anthony Martial's move to Manchester United yet to be fully signed, sealed and delivered, let's have a little look at the hit parade of big deals confirmed so far this summer.

1Kevin De Bruyne(Wolfsburg to Manchester City)£55m

2 Raheem Sterling(Liverpool to Manchester City)£49m

3.Christian Benteke(Aston Villa to Liverpool)£32.5m

4.Nicolas Otamendi(Valencia to Manchester City)£32m

5 Memphis Depay(PSV to Manchester United)£31m

6 Roberto Firmino(Hoffenheim to Liverpool)£29m

7 Morgan Schneiderlin(Southampton to Manchester United)£25m

8 Pedro(Barcelona to Chelsea)£21m

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So, Premier League and Football League chairmen take note.

The transfer window for both closes at 18:00 BST today. Six hours later, at midnight, the window in Scotland will "slam shut". 

The windows for most of Europe's top leagues, external (including Germany, Italy, France and Spain) have already shut. However, the good news for English clubs is that the passing of deadlines only affects the purchasing of players, meaning clubs in this country can still sign players from said European leagues before 18:00 BST.

So, Lionel Messi could still make that move to Stoke yet.

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The Spanish media have not been kind on Real Madrid after their brinkmanship backfired and their £29m move for David De Gea collapsed at the last minute after a summer-long pursuit.

There will also be regular transfer updates on the BBC's national and regional radio stations. 

BBC Radio 5 live will also monitor the final few hours of the transfer window with a special deadline-day edition of 5 live Sport from 19:30 to 21:30 GMT, which will be hosted by Mark Chapman. You can also watch the action from the studio on the BBC Red Button. 

Chapman will be joined in the studio by former England internationals Danny Murphy and Martin Keown. Former Tottenham manager David Pleat, 5 live's Ian Dennis and Times journalist Rory Smith will also have their say on the winners and losers of deadline day.

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Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, take the craziness of transfer deadline day with you.

You can follow this live text commentary until all the big business is done on your computer, tablet or phone.

We will bring you the latest news, views, speculation and done deals from our reporters around the country and worldwide, while you have the chance to interact and get involved. 

In addition, our transfers page captures every move, while each club page will be updated with the latest transfer stories concerning that club.

It's a day for turning accountants into superheroes and administrators into megastars.

A lot of eyes will be on this man today.

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Unsuccessful pursuits of Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos and, reportedly, Barcelona attacker Neymar have cost Ed Woodward time and energy.

Now, the Manchester chief executive has gone hard and late with a big-money move for Monaco striker Anthony Martial.

"Every day I am updated by him and I trust him," said Louis Van Gaal last week.

Do United fans though?

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You can tick the "good old-fashioned paperwork mess-up" off your deadline day bingo card.

Last night Manchester United agreed a deal worth £29m for David de Gea to move to Real Madrid, including Keylor Navas heading in the opposite direction, only for the documents not to arrive where they needed to be by the Spanish transfer deadline of midnight.

Any chance of the Spanish authorities letting it go through on appeal?

It looks slim. Two years ago, Manchester United's own move for Real Madrid's Fabio Coentrao was dead and buried after narrowly missing the same deadline.

Raffaele Poli, head of the number-crunching CIES Football Observatory, was asked his opinion on Manchester United's valuation of Anthony Martial.

"It is an anomaly of the market. Manchester United have overpaid by making a pretty crazy bet on his future performance," he told L'Equipe.

The Sun make the same point in snappier fashion.

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Only one place to start this morning. Old Trafford.

Monaco's promising 19-year-old forward Anthony Martial scored eight goals in 31 Ligue 1 games last season.

What do you reckon that adds up to in the transfer market?

Manchester United are set to complete a deal for him worth an eyebrow-raising £36m. Reports in France claim that it could rise to a staggering £58.5m.

As French sports newspaper L'Equipe point out,, external that is more than Real Madrid paid Juventus for Zinedine Zidane at his 2001 peak.

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You will be able to follow all the deadline-day deals via the @BBCSport, external account on Twitter and share your views using #bbcfootball. 

 There will also be updates throughout the day - as well as the opportunity to give your reaction - on our Facebook, external and Google+, external pages. 

Our reporters across the country will also be sharing their photos from behind the scenes on the BBC's Instagram, external page.

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"Due to no fault of our own, we have had thrust upon us a new system which makes life more difficult."  

That was the welcome given to the transfer window when it was brought in for the start of the 2002-03 season by Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein.

He wasn't to know.

More difficult? Perhaps. More entertaining? Definitely.

Eleven hours left.

Let's get the September 2015 episode of the deadline-day drama loaded up and running.