Deadline Day: De Gea's deal falls through, Berahino move blocked

Sport360 staff 21:30 01/09/2015
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  • Drama: David de Gea (l) and Saido Berahino have both failed to move on.

    Failed attempts to sign David de Gea and Saido Berahino dominated the headlines on transfer deadline day.

    The amount spent by Barclays Premier League clubs during the summer window passed £800million on the final day of trading, but most of the talk centred around two deals that did not happen.

    De Gea’s long-anticipated £29 million move from Manchester United to Real Madrid collapsed on Monday night and both clubs appeared at odds over who was to blame.

    The West Brom striker Berahino, meanwhile, hit out after the Baggies blocked Tottenham’s attempts to sign him. Berahino appeared to threaten never to play for the club again after two deadline-day bids from Spurs were rejected.

    De Gea remained at Old Trafford after the paperwork for his switch to the Bernabeu, which would have included Keylor Navas moving in the opposite direction, was not submitted before Spain’s deadline of 11pm Monday.

    Real issued a strong statement defending their conduct, insisting they did “everything necessary” to implement the move. That came after United said they had submitted their paperwork on time and had proof of doing so.

    Real could have the option to appeal to La Liga or world governing body FIFA but that seemed unlikely. They may now have to to wait until January at the earliest to move again for a player they have been linked with all summer.

    Berahino took to Twitter to criticise Albion chairman Jeremy Peace after Spurs were rebuffed in their late attempts to take the 22-year-old to White Hart Lane.

    Spurs twice failed with bids last month, the second of which would have been worth up to £21million, but it is understood their latest two offers represented only a marginal improvement.

    Berahino tweeted: “‘Sad how i cant say exactly how the club has treated me but i can officially say i will never play Jeremy Peace.”

    United did not officially respond to Real’s statement as they focused on completing their remarkable £36million deal for 19-year-old France Under-21 striker Anthony Martial from Monaco.

    The fee for the highly-rated but relatively unproven prospect, who signed a four-year contract, represented a world record for a teenager.

    There were plenty of other deals concluded with West Ham one of the busiest clubs.

    The Hammers began the day by confirming the return of midfielder Alex Song for a second season on loan from Barcelona before they captured Chelsea winger Victor Moses, also on a season-long loan.

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    The club then announced permanent deals for striker Nikica Jelavic from Hull and winger Michail Antonio from Nottingham Forest.

    There were also reports of interest in Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor but the former Arsenal and Manchester City man appeared to be locked in a contract dispute with Spurs.

    Having apparently given up hope of prising John Stones from Everton for this window, Chelsea completed a deal for Senegal defender Papy Djilobodji from Nantes.

    The fee was reported to be around £2.2million, just over seven per cent of the £30million they were prepared to pay for Stones.
    A deal was also agreed for Reading defender Michael Hector but he was immediately loaned back to the Royals.

    Everton, who rejected three bids from Chelsea for Stones and a transfer request from the player, signed a new defender themselves.

    The Toffees confirmed an expected deal for Ramiro Funes Mori from River Plate, although the £9.5million fee was considerably more than the £5.5million initial reports had suggested it would be.

    Southampton announced the signing of defender Virgil van Dijk from Celtic on a five-year deal for a reported fee of £11.5million while Bournemouth landed striker Glenn Murray from Crystal Palace for an undisclosed fee.

    One player did leave West Brom as former England defender Joleon Lescott moved across the Midlands to Aston Villa for a reported £2million.

    QPR striker Charlie Austin, linked with a number of clubs including Manchester United and Newcastle, looked to be staying at Loftus Road.

    Jon Walters, who handed in a transfer request at Stoke, also seemed to have failed in his attempts to force a move

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