Ian Dennis
BBC Radio 5 Live senior football reporter

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The newspaper headlines today said that Erik ten Hag had suggested that Manchester United had worked it all out with Cristiano Ronaldo.

He wants him there and Ronaldo supposedly wants to stay.

Fulham

The Athletic's David Ornstein reports, external that Fulham have had another offer for Blackburn forward Ben Brereton Diaz rejected.

The 23-year-old is contracted with the Championship club until 2023.

Chelsea

A double blow for Thomas Tuchel...

Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf , externalare reporting that Ajax's Edson Alvarez has been told by his club that he cannot join Chelsea.

The Blues reportedly made an offer of €50m (£43m) for the Mexican.

Never thought I'd see Arsen at Chelsea.

Chelsea

Dynamo Moscow have released a statement saying that it was not possible to sell young midfielder Arsen Zakharyan to Chelsea.

They say that talks between the two clubs began a week ago on 25 August.

A statement on their website reads, external: "For several days, there were substantive negotiations between Dynamo and Chelsea, in which our club took a constructive position.

"However, due to a number of technical reasons beyond our control, it is not possible to transfer the player to this summer transfer window. Nevertheless, our club remains open to proposals that will suit Dynamo and the player.

"At the moment, the parties have decided that Arsen will continue to play for Dynamo."

Alistair Magowan
BBC Sport

Everton midfielder Andre Gomes is in talks about a move to French side Lille.

The Portuguese international, 29, made 14 Premier League appearances last season after being hampered by injury and is yet to play this term.

Boss Frank Lampard has already signed midfielder Amadou Onana and is close to bringing in Idrissa Gueye from Paris St-Germain.

Everton also hope to sign Manchester United midfielder James Garner by the end of the transfer window.

Gomes joined the Toffees for £22m from Barcelona in the summer of 2019, having been on loan the previous season.

Hull City

Hull City have completed the season-long loan signing of 19-year old Chelsea and England youth midfielder Xavier Simons.

Phil Buckingham
Football reporter, The Athletic, on BBC Radio 5 Live

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The Premier League will tell you that money is trickling down to the EFL and it does as part of the solidarity agreements.for grassroots football. Those at that level will tell you that it's not enough.

If you look at the patterns over the summer, an awful lot of the Premier League spend goes out of the country. The big deals that we've seen, even with Antony joining Manchester United from Ajax, is money going out of the country.

There haven't been too many between Premier League and EFL clubs - we've seen a few, like Keane Lewis-Potter going from Hull to Brentford for big money, but in terms of consistently big money, the EFL has its bowl under the table waiting for crumbs.

The Premier League recovered very quickly from Covid but the EFL hasn't. Nor have Serie A or La Liga, simply because of the Premier League's broadcast revenues.

The less you depended on people coming through your turnstiles, the quicker you were going to recover. That's a huge factor for Premier League clubs because they were filthy rich even without people coming to watch games.

Clubs like Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona will always have enormous financial clout because of their commercial revenues, status and how deep they go in the Champions League.

But Premier League clubs are out-muscling the clubs below them. There are players who will always see Real Madrid or Paris St-Germain as the pinnacle of their careers but there are mid-tier European clubs where Premier League clubs can poach their players because of their wages, playing in the Premier League and the exposure that can bring.

I'm not going to patronise European clubs by saying they can't keep up because results say they can.

Any English club that enters the Champions League is almost assured of reaching the last 16. You see English clubs dominating the group stages, even if they don't go on and win. It was Spanish and Italian-dominated during the 90s but English football is the force now.

The Premier League has never been more attractive. You see the talent drain that has left clubs like Ajax this summer - obviously most of their outgoing players have gone to Manchester United.

The Champions League used to be the pinnacle. Now the Premier League increasingly is, because of the riches on offer and players wanting to test themselves.

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Richard: The Aubameyang deal is insane. Chelsea have lost the plot in desperation.

James: Why do clubs leave it late to sign players? If their target fails a medical then it would be difficult to find another player, agree a fee, contract and do the medical in such a short amount of time.

Still lots to keep an eye on:

Chelsea have agreed to sign former Arsenal striker Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang.

Aston Villa have agreed a £15m deal for Wolves and Belgium midfielder Leander Dendoncker.

Liverpool are trying to sign Juventus midfielder Arthur Melo on loan.

Aston Villa are close to signing Southampton centre-half Jan Bednarek.

Deals for Idrissa Gueye from Paris St-Germain and Manchester United's James Garner are moving forward to a successful conclusion at Everton.

Several reports suggest Leeds have agreed a deal in excess of £10 million with Marseille for striker Bamba Dieng.

Fulham are among the clubs chasing Leeds winger Daniel James.

Arsenal are chasing Aston Villa's Douglas Luiz.

Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka is close to joining Manchester United on loan, while Matty Longstaff and Federico Fernandez could also be on the move.

West Ham United

Talksport's Alex Crook reports, external that defender Craig Dawson's possible move from West Ham to Wolves is off after the Hammers weren't able to sign Jan Bednarek.

Here are the completed deals involving Premier League sides so far today:

Confirmed signings:

Manuel Akanji - [Borussia Dortmund - Manchester City] Undisclosed

Antony - [Ajax - Manchester United] £82m

Wout Faes - [Reims - Leicester City] Undisclosed

Willy Boly - [Wolves - Nottingham Forest] Undisclosed

Jack Stephens - [Southampton - Bournemouth] Loan

BBC Radio 5 Live

Deadline day drama was one of the main talking points on the latest Footballer’s Football Podcast, with Michail Antonio saying what one team-mate did in order to force a move.

The West Ham striker said: “I’ve seen players come in, say to the manager, ‘I want to leave.’ Manager says no. The player goes into the kit room, takes every single football. Every single football goes home – no training.

“I’ve seen other players in training – the ball comes to them, they boot it away, every time. If you don’t pass it to him, he’s running after the ball to kick it away.”

Arsenal

The Athletic's David Ornstein reports, external that Arsenal are set to make another approach for Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz.

He says that Villa insist the Brazilian will not be leaving.

Ian Dennis
BBC Radio 5 Live senior football reporter

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The Antony deal would have been done too late for him to play for Manchester United against Leicester. We've got commentary of that on 5 Live Sport.

The chances are that he'll make his debut at the weekend against Arsenal as he has been registered for that game.

Spanish La Liga

Atletico Madrid have formally presented Spain defender Sergio Reguilon, who left Tottenham for a season-long loan at the Liga side on Tuesday.

England midfielder Harry Winks is also joining Italian club Sampdoria from Spurs for a season.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Deadline day drama was one of the main talking points on the latest Footballer’s FootballPodcast, with Michail Antonio describing how he once managed to force a move.

The West Ham striker said: “I’m not going to say how I did it. It probably wasn’t the right thing to do, but it could the move done. No, actually, it was the right thing to do because I got what I wanted at the end of the day. People frowned upon it, but it’s worked out for the best.”

Newcastle striker Callum Wilson added: “When you’re a football player, it’s a short career at the end of the day. Sometimes, it’s just time to move on, time to take a different path. Ultimately, players have quite a bit of power.

“I’ve seen it happen time and time again. As a player, you can understand it, but you just don’t want it having a negative impact on what your current squad are going to do. As long as it’s not disrespectful to the players, I just leave players to their own devices.”

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Tim: Did Willian fail his medical with Fulham?

Still awaiting confirmation of that move.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport reporter

Blackpool winger Josh Bowler is set to have a medical at Nottingham Forest ahead of a move to the Premier League outfit.

It is understood Forest have agreed to pay around £4m for 23-year-old Bowler, who joined Blackpool from Everton in 2021.

If the deal goes through, Bowler will become Forest’s 20th signing since their promotion to the Premier League.

He came through Fulham’s academy, then joined Everton after spells with Aldershot and QPR.

Leicester City

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers on juggling transfer deadline day with a Premier League match at home to Manchester United:"The work will be done by other people within the club if we are able to bring any players in.

"We have a very good recruitment team and will be able to organise it well, hopefully."