Transfer news LIVE: Arsenal loan Sterling, Chelsea sign Sancho but lose Osimhen after deadline
The transfer deadline passed as several Premier League clubs are continued to finish off both sales and signings
The transfer window faced a frantic conclusion as Premier League clubs scrambled to complete last-minute business up to – and after – the 11pm deadline.
Raheem Sterling has completed a season-long loan move from Chelsea to Arsenal. The clubs announced the switch almost three hours after the Premier League transfer window closed. Sterling, 29, has won 82 caps for England but had found himself frozen out at Chelsea under Enzo Maresca.
Chelsea wanted to sign a striker, but top option Victor Osimhen turned down their wage offer in favour of staying at Napoli, while Ivan Toney has moved to Saudi side Al-Ahli in a £40m transfer from Brentford.
Instead, Chelsea and Manchester United have agreed on a loan a deal for winger Jadon Sancho, who is expected to depart Old Trafford. United also finally finished off a move for PSG midfielder Manuel Ugarte, after Scott McTominay was sold to Napoli.
Wolves signed a trio of players, Nottingham Forest captured James-Ward Prowse on loan, as Everton made a late move for Armando Broja from Chelsea and Fulham chased Reiss Nelson from Arsenal into the small hours.
Follow the latest transfer news and updates from the aftermath of deadline day below.
Ange Postecoglou hails ‘positive window’ as Tottenham
Ange Postecoglou has declared himself happy with his current Tottenham squad and believes it has been a positive transfer window for the club.
Spurs are set for a quiet deadline day with outgoings the priority after a summer where Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Wilson Odobert and Dominic Solanke have arrived.
“Unless something surprising jumps out at us in the last 11 hours or whatever it is, that’s it for us,” the Spurs boss confirmed ahead of Sunday’s trip to Newcastle.
“If nothing else happens, there’s a couple probably moving out, I think it’s been another positive window. You want to go into every window and come out the other side of it in a stronger sense and I certainly feel that.
“The players we’ve brought in are already making a short-term impact and even in the longer term, I think they’re going to be really good contributors for us.
“I certainly think we’ve got a more well-rounded squad to deal with Europe, the extra games and whatever injuries we have. So yeah, I think it’s been a real positive window.
“I’m very happy. We’ve done a hell of a lot of work in 12 months, three windows. No doubts the squad’s changed. The demographic of the squad has changed, the suitability to the football I want to play, we’re much better equipped for that. There’s growth in the team, absolutely.
“We needed to do some fairly major work 12 months ago and since then we’ve gone a long way to getting the team to where we want to.
“There’s still more work to be done. It was never going to happen quickly. I don’t think it should happen quickly. When it does happen quickly, you’re more fraught to getting it wrong. So I think we’re in a good place.”
No issues in Sancho deal
Chelsea are yet to announce the signing of Jadon Sancho but Fabrizio Romano reports that there are no issues with the deal and that the winger is now a Chelsea player.
We’ll await confirmation from the club which should come at some point this weekend.
Why was Declan Rice sent off against Brighton?
Declan Rice was dismissed from Arsenal’s Premier League match against Brighton after kicking the ball away as Joel Veltman was about to take a free kick for the visitors.
Kai Havertz’s opening goal had sent the Gunners into the lead and the score was 1-0 when Rice was shown the red card early in the second half.
Rice had previously arrived late with a tackle on Veltman in the first half which saw him clip the defender’s leg and earn a first yellow of the match.
Why was Declan Rice sent off against Brighton?
The Gunners midfielder picked up a second yellow card after kicking the ball away in the second half
Ivan Toney heading to Saudi Arabia after Brentford accept Al-Ahli bid
Brentford have accepted a £40m offer from Al-Ahli for Ivan Toney.
England forward Toney has attracted interest from Premier League clubs, including Chelsea, but is now set for a medical ahead of completing a move to the Saudi Pro League outfit.
The 28-year-old has one year left on his Brentford deal and has yet to feature in a Bees matchday squad this season ahead of a potential move away from West London.
Ivan Toney heading to Saudi Arabia after Brentford accept Al-Ahli bid
The 28-year-old England forward is out of contract at the end of the season
The biggest deals from deadline day
Palace buy striker Nketiah and defender Lacroix – and keep Guehi
Eddie Nketiah completed his move away from Arsenal with a £25m switch to Crystal Palace.
Nketiah, 25, had fallen down the pecking order behind Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus at the top of Arsenal’s attack and had become surplus to requirements for Mikel Arteta.
He will compete for a starting spot with Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta after signing a five-year contract. Odsonne Edouard meanwhile departed Selhurst Park for Leicester City on loan.
It came after Palace bought centre-back Maxence Lacroix from Wolfsburg earlier in the day. Lacroix’s move reunites the 24-year-old French player with Palace manager Oliver Glasner, who coached Wolfsburg for two seasons.
Lacroix effectively replaces Joachim Andersen in the team after the Denmark international joined Fulham last week. And he will be paired with Marc Guehi after Palace refused to sell the England defender, who Newcastle had pursued all month.
Palace also loaned Chelsea defender Trevor Chalobah, with a deal sheet submitted before 11pm.
The biggest deals from deadline day
Al-Ahli capture Toney
Ivan Toney has completed a £40m move to Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli from Brentford. England forward Toney had attracted interest from Premier League clubs, including Chelsea.
The 28-year-old had one year left on his Brentford deal and was yet to feature in a Bees matchday squad this season ahead of a move away from West London.
Confirming the move in a club statement, Brentford head coach Thomas Frank said: “I’m happy he has an opportunity to try something new in his life and career.”
The biggest deals from deadline day
Napoli sign £25m McTominay
Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay ended a 22-year stay at Manchester United to join Napoli.
McTominay, 27, who joined United at the age of five and played 178 Premier League matches for the club since making his senior debut in 2017, signed for the Serie A club in a deal worth around £25m.
“McTominay will be missed by everyone at the club and leaves with our best wishes as he embarks on a new chapter of his career in Italy,” Manchester United said in a statement.
McTominay was Napoli’s second major signing from the Premier League this week, with striker Romelu Lukaku joining from Chelsea on Thursday.
The biggest deals from deadline day
Manchester United land Ugarte for initial £42m
Manchester United landed their top midfield target this summer by completing the signing of Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain for an initial £42.3m.
The Uruguay international, whose fee could rise by a further £8.5m if add-ons are triggered, has signed a five-year contract at Old Trafford after passing a medical.
United had prioritised the recruitment of a defensive midfielder and, over the last two seasons, Ugarte averaged the second most tackles per 90 minutes in Europe’s five major leagues. They believe the 23-year-old is one of the best young midfielders in world football and noted he was named in the team of the tournament in the summer’s Copa America.
“The passion of supporters is something that is very important to me,” Ugarte said. “I know how incredible United fans are and I cannot wait to experience Old Trafford. I’m someone who is so determined to succeed; I will sacrifice and give everything for my teammates. Together we will fight to win trophies and reach the level where this club needs to be.”
The biggest deals from deadline day
Chelsea loan Sancho with obligation to buy
In another of the more surprising developments over the past 48 hours, Chelsea loaned, and effectively bought, Jadon Sancho from Manchester United. Sancho’s move was also unconfirmed by the deadline but was widely reported to have been completed on time.
Sancho, 24, endured a troubled relationship with United manager Erik ten Hag and will get a fresh start at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea, the club he supported as a boy growing up in London. Chelsea are obliged to pay around £23m to sign Sancho permanently next summer, after he joined United from Dortmund three years ago for £73m.
The biggest deals from deadline day
Arsenal capture Sterling with cut-price deal
Raheem Sterling swapped Chelsea for Arsenal in the most eye-catching move of the day, after the winger had been told he was surplus to requirements by Blues manager Enzo Maresca.
The Independent understands that the move was completed after a deal sheet was submitted to the Premier League on time. Sterling joins Arsenal on loan until the end of the season after the clubs agreed there would be no fee and that his vast wages would be shared between them.
The winger escapes his Chelsea nightmare but still faces plenty of competition for a starting spot in the Arsenal team, with Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard already competing for a place on the left wing.
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