Simon Stone
BBC Sport

Arsenal defender Ainsley Maitland-Niles is one of the more interesting deals that might go through today.

On Thursday, West Brom were pushing strongly for the England defender, then Southampton came into the picture and now Leicester have made an inquiry.

Wolves wanted to sign him in October, so given the dearth of decent defenders, Maitland-Niles is a man in demand.

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Leicester City are interested in signing Watford and England midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah, 26, on transfer deadline day. (Leicester Mercury)

The Foxes are set to make a late loan move for Arsenal and England defender/midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles. Southampton, West Brom and Newcastle are also interested in the 23-year-old. (Mirror)

Liverpool have made an approach for Marseille and Croatia centre-back Duje Caleta Car, 24. (Mail)

Read these rumours and more in our gossip column.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Celtic are hoping to complete a loan deal for Everton defender Jonjoe Kenny before the close of the transfer window at midnight.

Kenny, who has been a peripheral figure at Everton since returning from a loan spell at Schalke in the Bundesliga, has also been linked with Burnley.

Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has preferred veteran captain Seamus Coleman and Mason Holgate ahead of Kenny in his accustomed right-flank role this season. Now he could revive his career with a loan deal at Celtic.

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One incoming, one outgoing from Merseyside?

Only eight of the 20 Premier League clubs have signed anybody this month - and the majority have been loan deals.

Morgan Sanson (Marseille to Aston Villa) and Robert Snodgrass (West Ham to West Brom) are the only first-team players to move permanently and cost transfer fees (excluding deals arranged earlier in the season).

Rob Schofield
BBC World Service

Galatasaray have confirmed "official negotiations" with Benfica over the loan signing of Spurs midfielder Gedson Fernandes and a permanent move for Newcastle right back, DeAndre Yedlin.

We've got our first potential movement of the day and it looks like an outgoing from the Premier League.

Tick tock, tick tock.

15 hours to go.

Will we see another 'panic signing' today like we did last year when Manchester United signed Odion Ighalo?

United needed cover for the injured Marcus Rashford and so signed Ighalo, who was still in China, on loan until the end of the season (later extended to January).

He ended up scoring five times for the club - all in cup games.

They had also tried to sign Bournemouth's Joshua King that day.

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Woody O'Brien: I realistically want my club to sign: Marcel Sabitzer.

I want my club to sell: Davinson Sanchez.

My dream deadline day signing is: Sergio Ramos.

West Ham's late capture of Hull City forward Jarrod Bowen for an initial £18m on 31 January 2020 was the only big-money move of the lowest-spending deadline day since 2010.

Odion Ighalo's move from Shanghai Shenhua to Manchester United dominated headlines, but was a loan deal - like five of the 11 top-flight signings.

The second biggest transfer was Brighton signing Chelsea defender Tariq Lamptey - who was little known at the time - for a reported £4.5m.

Arsenal signed Southampton right-back Cedric Soares on loan.

Aston Villa signed Borja Baston, Leicester brought in Ryan Bennett and Sheffield United signed Richairo Zivkovic and Panagiotis Retsos.

Norwich and Wolves both signed EFL players who went back to their old clubs on loan.

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"We are not 100% sure of what the rules are."

Wow.

The combination of the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit means transfer deals have never been so difficult to complete.

A points-based system has been introduced for players from the EU, taking into consideration their experience and the level they have played at.

Travel restrictions imposed as part of the national lockdown have forced clubs into a different approach.

QPR director of football Les Ferdinand said: "You can't get out and watch any players.

"Brexit has taken a lot of countries off the radar for us, but we wouldn't have been doing a lot of deals anyway. We are not 100% sure of what the rules are."

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Will the current economic pressures on football clubs - and the rest of us - have an effect?

Probably, based on the amount of loan signings we have seen so far this month.

There were only 12 deadline-day Premier League signings on the 'summer' deadline day in October.

Pre-Covid, Premier League clubs spent £230m in January last year, the second highest total ever, but only £25m of that was spent on deadline day.

West Ham's late capture of Hull City forward Jarrod Bowen for an initial £18m accounted for most of that, with Brighton paying £4.5m for Chelsea's Tariq Lamptey.

Mark Lawrenson
Former Preston and Liverpool defender

Ben Davies has done well at Preston and has let his contract run down so he was going to move on in the summer. If he'd gone to Celtic, which I'd heard had been agreed, then I was thinking he could do well there, but being honest I didn't really see him as being good enough to be on Liverpool's radar.

He's a real steady Eddie. He's left-footed and quick enough but he's not got phenomenal pace or anything like that.

Up against the extra nous and quality you get in the Premier League, on top of extra pace, it will be a test for him. You wouldn't want to just throw him in to face Manchester City next Sunday, put it that way.

I am not sure he will play very much at Liverpool, but the experience alone should be fabulous. I hope he experiences playing in the first team, but even if he is just sitting on the bench then it is still great for him.

Klopp: "Go get me Ben Davies."

Davies arrives at the training ground on Tuesday morning.

Klopp: "Who's this?"

Divock: I realistically want my club to sign: Ben Davies

I want my club to sell: Sepp van den Berg

My dream deadline day signing is: Duje Caleta-Car or Sven Botman

Andy Bayes
Reporter, BBC Radio Lancashire

Ben Davies has been one of the outstanding championship defenders since he was given a chance by Alex Neil in 2017 after a successful loan spell with Fleetwood Town. He learned his trade with five different clubs on loan in Leagues One, Two and the National League.

His main skill set is he's calm in possession, composed with the ball at his feet or equally happy to win the ball in the air.

He's quick across the ground and has a terrific left foot.

Liverpool

Liverpool are in talks to sign Preston's Ben Davies for £2m as they look to find a solution for their central defensive crisis.

Jurgen Klopp named his 12th different centre-half partnership in 21 Premier League games at West Ham with Jordan Henderson alongside Nathaniel Phillips.

Joel Matip has joined Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez on the injury list.

Davies, 25, has made 19 appearances for Preston this season.

Liverpool's 19-year-old Dutch defender Sepp van den Berg is expected to join Preston on loan as part of the deal.

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Liverpool

"Look, I don't know. But we will try," said Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp on Friday about the prospect of signing a new centre-back.

Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez are long-term absentees, while Joel Matip and Fabinho also have injuries.

"If you have a centre-half available at a reasonable price, and one with the quality we need, then send me a message," Klopp told BT Sport.

And things moved on after his side's victory over West Ham...

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