Summary

  • Transfer window now closed in England and Scotland

  • Stoke sign Porto midfielder Imbula for £18.3m

  • Everton sign forward Niasse from Lokomotiv Moscow for £13.5m

  • Rhodes joins Middlesbrough for initial £9m fee

  • Sunderland striker Fletcher joins Marseille on loan

  1. Good news for Liverpool fanspublished at 15:44 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Liverpool

    Not transfer related, but good news anyway for Liverpool fans. Divock Origi, Daniel Sturridge, Martin Skrtel and Philippe Coutinho will all return to training this week.

  2. DONE DEALpublished at 15:39 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Swindon Town

    Norwich City have cleared midfielder Louis Thompson, 21, to return to former club Swindon Town for the rest of the season, his third loan spell with the Robins.

  3. DONE DEALpublished at 15:38 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Stevenage

    Striker Aaron O'Connor's loan move to Stevenage from National League side Forest Green Rovers has been made permanent.

    The 32-year-old, who initially joined Stevenage on 15 January, has made three appearances for the League Two club.

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    Guardiola to become new Man City bosspublished at 15:37 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

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    Simon, Torquay: Wow. Massive statement of intent from City. Can't wait to see Pep there but Pellegrini is showing a lot of dignity and class though. Hopefully the players will want to play for him before he goes & give him a good send off. Quadruple would be nice please lads...

    Guardiola and PellegriniImage source, Getty Images
  5. 'Pep knows the game inside out'published at 15:36 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Manchester City

    Just joining us? Surely you've heard about Pep Guardiola becoming the new Manchester City manager (from next season).

    BBC alerts and all that (see what I did there?).

    Anyway, we've been speaking to Eidur Gudjohnsen, who played under Pep at Barcelona.

    The Icelandic striker, speaking before the news broke, said: "I think whatever team he goes to he will be successful. For me, it's almost a certainty.

    "He knows the game inside out, he spends a lot of time focusing on details, how you can hurt the opposition... In his first season with Barcelona we were very, very successful and he's taken it from there."

  6. 'He has a proven pedigree of scoring goals'published at 15:33 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Neil expects Bamford to shine at Norwich

    Norwich City

    Norwich manager Alex Neil has just been talking about his decision to take Chelsea striker Patrick Bamford on loan until the end of the season.

    Bamford scored 17 Championship goals on loan at Middlesbrough last season, but failed to start a Premier League game during a loan spell at Crystal Palace earlier this season.

    "He's a player we were quite keen on in the summer and he has a proven pedigree of scoring goals," said Neil. "He didn't have game time at Crystal Palace and you can't score if you don't play.

    "We saw first hand how good he is last season and we are hoping he can take the step up and score goals at this level."

    Patrick BamfordImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Patrick Bamford played for Middlesbrough against Norwich in the Championship play-off final in May 2015

  7. TDD - Fantasy Football viewpublished at 15:28 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Seydou Doumbia

    Simon March
    Fantasy Football Champion

    "Ivory Coast international Seydou Doumbia’s loan move to Newcastle will bolster Steve McClaren’s forward options ahead of a challenging run of fixtures. 

    "While this tough run may dissuade fantasy managers from investment for the time being, Doumbia averaged over a goal every two games during his two spells with CSKA Moscow, demonstrating his goalscoring potential. 

    "If he can establish himself ahead of Aleksandar Mitrovic as Newcastle’s forward of choice, Doumbia could emerge as an interesting fantasy football option."

  8. DONE DEALpublished at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Oxford United

    Having left Rotherham United earlier today, Scotland international forward Chris Maguire has joined League Two promotion hopefuls Oxford United for the rest of the season.

  9. Gayle on the rails?published at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Swansea City

    Right... our spies (you!) have spotted Dwight Gayle on a Swansea-bound train. We've had two potential sightings. The third spotter needs to send in a picture. Tell Dwight that Marc asked. He won't mind*...

    * But he also won't know who Marc is!

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    Get Involvedpublished at 15:22 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

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    AJPS: Willing to pay above market price for an automatic letter folder, a badly needed addition in our office.

    Andy Wilson: Just negotiated a great swap deal - me making a colleague a cuppa and them doing some of my work this evening!

    Chris Harding: An approach has been made for my calculator by local rivals, but permission has not been given to make contact.

    Keep your suggestions coming into us, using #bbcfootball on Twitter or by leaving a message on the Match of the Day Facebook page., external

  11. DONE DEALpublished at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    AFC Wimbledon

    Derby County goalkeeper Kelle Roos has joined AFC Wimbledon on loan for the rest of the season.

    The 23-year-old Dutchman has made five appearances for the Rams, and also had a spell on loan at Rotherham earlier this season.

    Kelle RoosImage source, Rex Features
  12. No Stoke move for Berahinopublished at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

  13. Will he stay or will he go?published at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Latest on Saido Berahino's future

    West Bromwich Albion

    We are all waiting to hear if Saido Berahino will stay at West Brom, especially after Newcastle bid £21m for the striker.

    Baggies assistant head coach David Kemp has just faced the media and does not believe Berahino will be leaving.

    "He is in the squad for tomorrow's game (against Swansea)," says Kemp. "I would expect that, I haven't heard anything different and I expect him to be around for the rest of the season.

    "He has a dead leg and he came in for treatment and then went home. Like all footballers, no-one likes being injured, especially after just getting back into the team."

    Dave Kemp? Wasn't he in Spandau Ballet?

    Saido BerahinoImage source, Getty Images
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    Get Involvedpublished at 15:16 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Office TDD - #bbcfootball

    Mounir El-J: Office printer is like Wayne Rooney's form; goes through a patch of working fine then just does nothing for weeks.

  15. Vote resultpublished at 15:14 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Was Manuel Pellegrini harshly treated by Manchester City?

    We asked if Manuel Pellegrini had been harshly treated by Manchester City with Pep Guardiola set to replace the Chilean at the end of the season.

    You have voted and the results are emphatic.

    Vote result
  16. Debuchy to Bordeaux or Man Utd?published at 15:11 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Football gossip

    Where next for Mathieu Debuchy? The Arsenal right-back looks set to leave north London on loan - and French sports daily L'Equipe, external earlier reported that he'd agreed a deal to join Bordeaux until the end of the season. 

    But at a news conference this afternoon the French club's president Jean-Louis Triaud said the deal is not yet done: "It's an option we're exploring and we're hopeful but I can't confirm his arrival."

    At the same news conference, manager Willy Sagnol was purring at the prospect of Debuchy signing... but could Manchester United still be interested, external in the Frenchman? 

    DEbuchyImage source, PA
  17. Everton & Newcastle target staying putpublished at 15:10 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Steve Crossman
    BBC World Service Sport

    "Sporting are definitely not selling Islam Slimani today, so I'm told. Everton and Newcastle both been linked, non starter."

  18. Two leave Bournemouthpublished at 15:09 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

    Bournemouth

    Bournemouth have terminated the contracts of Alessandro Cannataro and Tomas Andrade by mutual consent.

    Both joined in the summer and were part of the under-21s set up.

    Cannataro signed on an initial one-year contract after being released by Inter Milan, while Andrade arrived on loan from River Plater. He will now return to his parent club.

  19. It's not taken long...published at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2016

  20. Eight hours to gopublished at 15:06

    Here's the big stories and best BBC Sport content as we head into the final eight hours of the window.

    Don't forget the window in Scotland closes at midnight, one hour later than the window in England.