Semra Hunter
La Liga tv presenter

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Manchester United had been doing a dance with Barcelona for a while but they made it very clear they were not going to let Ousmane Dembélé go out on loan.

Dembélé was the second-most expensive signing in Barcelona's history behind Philippe Coutinho, who was brought in for about 130 million euros.

They knew they were never going to get a full return on their investment but they wanted to get something for it. So Barca made it very clear to Manchester United that if they wanted him they would have to pay something.

A couple of days ago the sporting director came out and said officially that Dembélé was not for sale, but I do think that Manchester United did try to tempt them today with some sort of a bid, it just wasn't good enough.

I wonder if any staff etc at St Mary's are still there from Theo Walcott's first spell?

Curtis Davies
Derby defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

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I think when you bring a player in from the Championship to the Premier League they need to be young because the perception is they are going to be a development player.

So if you bring a Joe Rodon from Swansea to Tottenham, he's only 22 years old, so he can work his way into the squad, maybe play the European games, the cup games and get himself slowly into the mould and then eventually become a star.

If you're a Manchester United fan, you are not going to be excited by the smaller players, they want global superstars that they have been used to signing in the past. They have been spoiled by what they have signed before.

Ultimately, with the market the way it is, you're going to have to pay over the top for these Championship players, so you might as well go abroad and pay for someone who is a couple of years older but has played in the Champions League and around Europe and get them into the club instead.

Semra Hunter
La Liga tv presenter

I know there has been a lukewarm reaction given Edinson Cavani's age but he is someone who has proven himself at the elite level.

Yes, he is 33 years old, but he brings with him loads of trophies - I think 24 during his career with Napoli, Paris St-Germain and the Uruguayan national team.

He has scored 304 goals in the last 439 games just with Napoli and PSG, so when it comes to Europe he is one of the most prolific goalscorers out there.

Fulham

Fulham needed a defender like they need a roof on that stand and they've got one - Joachim Andersen has landed from Lyon.

Want to know a bit more about Manchester United's signing of Amad Diallo? You are in luck, here's BBC Sport's Simon Stone.

Theo Walcott became the youngest first-team player ever to feature for Southampton when he made his debut in August 2005, at only 16 years and 143 days, before having such an impact that it prompted Arsenal to sign him in January 2006.

There can't be many players to have had a longer gap between spells at a club!

Leeds United

Leeds United have signed Rennes winger Raphinha, subject to international clearance.

The 23-year-old has joined the club for an undisclosed fee from the Ligue 1 side and has penned a four-year deal at Elland Road, running until the summer of 2024.

Southampton

Fourteen years after he left the club, Theo Walcott has returned to Southampton on loan from Everton.

Stand by for a few done deals...

Simon Stone
BBC Sport

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I think Manchester United felt as though they had the options they needed in central defence and did not feel as though they could get anyone better than the players they have already got.

They have let one defender in Chris Smalling go to Roma. He was not even training with the first-team squad. They have also got Marcos Rojo, who you can't see getting anywhere near the first team but will be unable to leave until January at the earliest.

If you look at what happened against Tottenham, you would think they need quite a few defenders, but United think that the defensive record they had last season proves they have got good players at the club already.

Watch the latest from Europe from La Liga TV's Semra Hunter at the top of this page and here....

Beautifully put. As if "fish and chip country" could be taken as an insult...

In case you are wondering what this is about, it is firstly a reference to an infamous tweet the club sent late on deadline day in 2014 where they told fans not to go to bed in anticipation of a signing which didn't come. Instead, they sold two players.

The fish and chips? Well, that is a bit trickier to explain. It would be fair to say the Rennes fans are not happy about Raphinha joining Leeds. And one of them got a bit creative in an expletive-ridden tweet, which ended with a suggestion that Leeds fans do something horrible to their own mother in "your fish and chip country".

Fulham

Premier League strugglers Fulham are trying to sign Chelsea and England midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Manchester City's Tosin Adarabioyo.

Fulham want to conclude a permanent deal for Adarabioyo, with Loftus-Cheek joining on loan, before Monday's 23:00 BST deadline.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport

Thomas Partey has been an influential figure at Atletico Madrid and, really, Arsenal are doing well to get him for that kind of fee [£45million].

I don't think [Atletico manager] Diego Simeone wanted him to go, but Mikel Arteta is building something at Arsenal and I think he understands the Spanish market. He also understands the kind of player he needs and I think that is why Arteta has gone for him.

So, Edinson CavanI then?

If Manchester United had signed the striker two or three years ago you would not have heard a dissenting voice. But in 2020 there are more than a few questioning if the Uruguayan is perhaps past his best.

The fact is that he has dabbled in dance more than he has competitive football in the past seven months. And if you're wondering what that is all about then you can find out by reading our feature on the striker following his move to Old Trafford.

Oh, and here is a list of his league games and goals, season by season, since his move to PSG...

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Guillem Balague
Spanish football journalist on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Arsenal scouts had prepared big reports on Thomas Partey for a long while, he was the number one target but they left it until the end in case Atletico Madrid wanted to negotiate, they did not want to negotiate - it was the buyout clause or nothing.

Atletico are going to look at it like 'they took him, he's one of ours' but they are happy to get 50 million euros for somebody who's wage was the smallest of the whole squad. He was desperate to leave, tried to go to Tottenham when Mauricio Pochettino was in charge. That didn't happen but he was more than willing to take that step with Arsenal.

What are they getting? An intelligent central midfielder who has got a very good range of passing - short and long. He has the ability to pause and think and lift the head to see what is happening. He has a very powerful shot from outside the box and is totally committed to whatever the tactical cause is. Even though he is 27 there is room for improvement.