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Villa complete second deal of the day
Ben Fisher
Aston Villa have sealed the £25m arrival of Taylor Harwood-Bellis from Southampton. The centre-back, who came through Manchester City’s academy, is in effect Ezri Konsa’s replacement. Harwood-Bellis watched on from the stands as Konsa made his Arsenal debut against Villa on Monday. Villa also held talks with Club Brugge’s Joel Ordonez but were spooked by the Ecuador defender’s metatarsal injury. That looks likely to be it for Villa, with Ibrahim Mbaye’s £47m move from Paris Saint-Germain confirmed earlier.
Starmer available on free transfer.
Monaco reject opening bid for Camara
Jacob Steinberg
Chelsea’s €45m bid for Lamine Camara has been turned down by Monaco.
David Hytner
Spurs are set to add Tosin Abarabioyo and Myhailo Mudryk before the deadline while they continue to trim fringe players with Kota Takai the latest out of the door. The Japan centre-half has gone to Sint-Truidense in Belgium on a season-long loan. Spurs have already announced the loan departures of Souza and Mikey Moore to Porto and FC Koln respectively.
The club’s major out-goings to follow today are Kevin Danso to Sunderland on an initial loan followed by a mandatory £25m purchase and Pape Sarr to Juventus on an initial loan with a buy option. That deal is valued at around 30m euros. Spurs are expected to try to find a move for Dane Scarlett, who has only one year to run on his contract while Richarlison’s future will continue to be monitored. He wants to leave. But is there a buyer for him?
Abarabioyo will replace Danso as a central defensive option for Roberto De Zerbi and cost around £7m from Chelsea. The London rivals have not done business since 2009 when Carlo Cudicini was allowed to go from Chelsea to Spurs on a free transfer. It is Mudryk’s proposed move – a loan with an option to buy – that has the real shock factor.
The Ukrainian winger has not played since November 2024 because of a doping ban but he is free to play again after a resolution was reached between the Football Association and the World Anti-Doping Agency. De Zerbi has wanted a new player for the left wing and missed out on Iliman Ndiaye, who is going from Everton to Manchester City in a deal worth up to £65m, and Cody Gakpo, who is staying at Liverpool. De Zerbi worked with Mudryk at Shakhtar Donetsk and believes he can revive his career.
Abarabioyo and Mudryk stand to be the ninth and tenth new signings of the summer for Spurs. The Abarabioyo deal would take their spending to £311.5m.
Arsenal sell Vieira to Hamburg
Ed Aarons
Arsenal have confirmed the departure of Fabio Vieira to Hamburg on a permanent basis for around £8.7m. The Portuguese midfielder spent last season on loan at the German club. We are still waiting for confirmation of Gabriel Martinelli’s move to Al Hilal and that Barcelona have completed the signing of Gabriel Jesus. But will the champions make a move for another attacker after the news that Malick Fofana – who was offered to Arsenal – is off to Sunderland instead?
Tony Hughes writes: “I’m an old man with young adult children. I cannot help feeling a little sad for these young men (and women) whose fate is decided by someone else, and who may end up leaving their club – their home – today and never returning.
“On top of that you’re suddenly inserted into another country, with perhaps an unfamiliar language and faces.
“I get they’re well paid for this for the most part however being a young adult is tough, and – Harvey Elliot is a good example – the churn in your professional life must be quite taxing.”
Jamie Jackson
A bit more from Jamie Jackson on matters Manchester-related.
Left-back Harry Amass is on Wolves’s list – so may make a move as, for now, Burnley’s interest seems to have flatlined. Also might City’s final fee for Enzo Fernandez break the £125m British record fee? This was paid for Alexander Isak by Liverpool to Newcastle.
Suzanne Wrack
There is not the same intensity to club rivalries between women’s teams as there is between their men’s counterparts, but as the game grows that is changing. Increasingly, there is animosity from fans if a player leaves for a rival side.
Victoria Pelova’s move from Arsenal to Tottenham firmly bucks the trend, though. Despite arguably having her best years ahead of her, the 27-year-old departed with a lot of well-wishes and love.
Jacob Steinberg
Another Chelsea outgoing could be Dario Essugo to Strasbourg on loan. But that would see Chelsea use up their last international loan slot. If that happens it would end any chance of Jamie Gittens going to Roma on loan.
Roland Marshall emails: “With a lot of talk about Joshua Zirkee’s possible move paving the way for an incoming left-back, or the lack of it meaning one is not coming in, could the club do worse than actually invest some confidence in Harry Amass as an understudy to Luke Shaw? And similarly, Chido Obi as an understudy to Sesko (and possibly Zirkzee)? It’s not as if the club don’t have a good record with bringing youth through into the first team (Mainoo and Rashford for current examples in the team and I won’t patronize you with detailing past illustrations of this fact).
“Or now with Ineos partially at the reins, is the academy now seen as a cash cow to make money from sales to other PL or EFL clubs (though with many former United academy players having plied their trade to varying levels of success across the divisions since ‘You can’t win anything with kids’, there is the argument that thus it ever was, though I can’t seem to remember them wanting to make as much filthy lucre from it in the past).”
Manchester City make bid for Chelsea’s Fernández
Jamie Jackson
The latest on Enzo Fernández it is the understood Manchester City have made offer worth more than £120m – the valuation Chelsea gave when setting the original 14 August deadline – which obviously passed with no offer. The No 8 is more than keen to move so all depends on Chelsea with regards whether can they get a replacement or just accept the price right …
Aston Villa complete Mbaye deal
Ben Fisher
🚨 Done deal klaxon 🚨
Aston Villa have completed the £47m signing of Ibrahim Mbaye from Paris Saint-Germain. It is thought Mbaye, who attended Monday’s defeat at home to Arsenal, has signed a five-year contract with the option of a further 12 months. The 18-year-old Senegal forward has been tracked by Villa since breaking in at PSG, for whom he made his debut aged 16. Liverpool were among the clubs to show interest in the teenager earlier this window. Mbaye’s arrival represents a major coup for Villa and offers Unai Emery something he has wanted all summer: a pacy wide player who can stretch defences. Talking of defenders, the £25m signing of Taylor Harwood-Bellis from Southampton will also be rubber-stamped shortly.
Sunderland agree deal to sign Arsenal target Fofana
Louise Taylor
Sunderland seem to have won the race to sign Malick Fofana from Lyon. The 21-year-old winger had been on Arsenal’s summer shopping list but he is now flying to the north east to complete his medical.
Fofana is expected to sign a five year deal at the Stadium of Light. The transfer is set to cost an initial £25m, potentially rising to £31m.
Arsenal had wanted to recruit Fofana on loan with an option to buy next summer.
Doug Fenner gets in touch to say: “I realise the world, or the universe, revolves around the Premier League, but who on Earth thought it was a good idea to have transfer deadline day on a day where there is almost a full slate of EFL fixtures (or vice versa)?
“L1 and L2 clubs in particular aren’t overburdened with support staff and so are those that are available supposed to be in two places at once, getting points and players at the same time?
“Fans will be scouring the team sheets before kick-off tonight to see which if their favourites are strangely missing from line-ups, perhaps for ever.”
It does feel like a naive decision but at least everyone has had plenty of time to plan.
We are beyond 11am BST, so there are fewer than 12 hours to go of this rollercoaster window. Anything can happen [in the next half hour].
The Art of the Transfer Deal, thanks to the incomparable David Squires.
Billy Munday
Billy Munday is on La Liga duty today, with plenty of transfer-related notions.
If Raphinha has any misgivings about playing as a makeshift No 9 for Barcelona, he is doing a good job of hiding it. Julián Álvarez would have been proud of the Brazilian’s two neat finishes that inspired the Spanish champions to a 5-2 victory against Rayo Vallecano on Monday night, 24 hours before the transfer deadline. Lamine Yamal scored two wonderful goals of his own in a performance that reassured everyone he is back to his best. Add Anthony Gordon to the mix – impressive again in his link-up play – and you have a fluid, fearsome front three.
Yet after the departures of Ferran Torres, Robert Lewandowski and Marcus Rashford this summer, there is no doubt Barcelona not only still want a centre-forward but require one – at least one. Hansi Flick was very happy to see Gabriel Jesus, an £8.6m arrival from Arsenal, in the stands. “He’s a top striker,” the coach said. But Atlético Madrid’s Álvarez is the ultimate prize.
Kevin Wilson writes: “Crazy amounts of money spent by the three promoted clubs. They’ve outspent most of the other established clubs outside of the Champions League clubs (and Spurs!) A huge gamble, least of all as most of the signed players have no experience of English football. I suppose they will sell or loan them out if the worst happens.”
I think it is the nature of the modern game, namely because the difference between the Championship and Premier League is growing. Without spending, there is zero chance of staying up.
I believe Monaco are not keen to sell Camara at all this summer, especially after offloading Aladji Bamba to Newcastle. Folarin Balogun’s move to Everton will also bring in plenty of cash, so if Chelsea really do want Camara, then it will cost them more than €45m, I suspect.
Chelsea make move for Monaco’s Camara
Jacob Steinberg
Chelsea have made a €45m bid for Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara, one of the potential replacements for Enzo Fernandez. The Fernandez to City deal remains “up in the air”, with talks ongoing. Sources say there’s no chance Chelsea get Alex Scott out of Bournemouth today.
Chelsea are also pushing for Manu Kone but Gasperini wants to keep the France midfielder at Roma.
Defender Zach Abbott is set to depart boyhood club Nottingham Forest to join Southampton on an initial loan deal, which could become permanent in the summer.
Hull splash out on Ansah
Hull have added another signing in the form of Ilyas Ansah from Union Berlin. The forward has cost the Tigers £21m and signed a five-year deal with the club.
“I’m very excited,” Ansah said. “It’s a dream come true for me to play in the Premier League, and for such a big club – it’s really an honour for me. I have heard a lot about the club, the players and the team, and I’m excited to play with the boys and to get to know them. It was an honour and a dream playing in the Bundesliga. Now, I have another dream to play in the Premier League, and I’m going to work hard for it.”
Tottenham have confirmed the departure of the Brazilian Souza to Porto on loan for the season.
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I would advise Burnley to go out and sign a replacement, otherwise their Championship season could be in trouble.
Ipswich to sign Flemming from Burnley
Nick Ames
Ipswich are on course to complete the signing of Burnley striker Zian Flemming, who is Suffolk-bound this morning to complete his medical and other formalities.
The arrival of Flemming, who scored 11 top-flight goals for the doomed Clarets last season, ends Gary O’Neil’s search for a senior centre-forward and comes after loan target Tammy Abraham chose to stay at Aston Villa.
As things stand that is the only business that will be done at Portman Road this deadline day and the fee, thought to be around £17m, will push the promoted side’s summer spend towards £200m.
Your friend and mine Tom Garry has previewed Manchester City’s WSL season. Why not have a gander?
An update from Hull …
In what will be a very busy day for the Tigers, they are aiming to sign Brooke-Norton Cuffy from Genoa, Tim Iroegbunam from Everton and Robinio Vaz from Roma.
Cody Drameh, meanwhile, is set for Genoa.
Andy Flintoff emails: “Your current picture at the top of the feed (@ 9.55am) obviously shows that Enzo Fernandez was a dab hand at the intra-squad Give Us A Clue competition and would be a big loss if he left Chelsea.”
A man of many talents.
Louise Taylor
Leeds are closing in on a sixth summer signing with the left-back Melvin Bard set to swap Nice for West Yorkshire in a one-year deal featuring an option to buy next summer.
Meanwhile Wilfried Gnonto’s hopes of starting a new life in Florence with Fiorentina look contingent on Daniel Farke being able to sign a replacement wide attacker by the end of today.
Ed Aarons
Crystal Palace are adamant that Ismaila Sarr will not be leaving in this window after rejecting an offer from Liverpool for the Senegal forward. With Cody Gakpo now expected to stay at Anfield, it remains to be seen whether they or anyone else make another approach for Sarr, who is understood to have been unsettled by the interest and has deleted all references to Palace from his social media accounts.
The Conference League winners are no strangers to a frenetic final day of the window and there could be plenty of movement again with teenage defender Honest Akanor set to sign on loan from Atalanta and Palace also eyeing up a new central midfielder. Celtic have made an approach to sign Justin Devenny on loan, while Borna Sosa, David Ozoh, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Romain Esse are other potential departures.
Andy Hunter
No further incomings are expected at Liverpool following the £123m arrival of Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain on Monday. There could be several outgoings, but none from Andoni Iraola’s first team plans after bids for Cody Gakpo and Trey Nyoni were rejected from Manchester City and Nottingham Forest, respectively. Anfield departures are likely to all be loans too – Harvey Elliott to Valencia, with no obligation to buy, is the main one while the fit-again Jayden Danns has offers from several Championship clubs.
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