Deadline day may seal record spend

Transfer deadline day: Spending, targets and how to follow

Spending by clubs in England still has some way to go on deadline day if it is to surpass the record figure of the last summer transfer window.

Going in to the last week of this window, £680m had been spent, still some way short of 2014's £835m.

However, the 2015 figure is 4% higher than at the same point last year.

And with some big deals reportedly in the pipeline before Tuesday's deadline, there is every chance clubs could set a new benchmark for spending.

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When does the window shut?

In England, the transfer window for both the Premier League and Football League closes at 18:00 BST on 1 September.

Six hours later, at midnight, the window in Scotland will close.

The deadline was shifted from 31 August as Premier League rules prevent it from falling on a Bank Holiday.

But as Champions League squads must be submitted to Uefa by 23:00 BST on 1 September, the Premier League has decided on a 18:00 BST deadline.

The windows for most of Europe's top leagues close on 31 August, including Germany (18:00 BST), Italy (23:00) and France, Spain and the Netherlands (all at midnight).

The passing of deadlines only affects the purchasing of players, meaning English sides can still buy from clubs in other countries until the window shuts in England.

Could these players be on the move before the window closes?

Where can you follow deadline day on the BBC?

Online

Follow our live text commentary from 07:00 BST on your computer, tablet or phone via the BBC Sport website or app all the way through to the bitter end.

We will bring you the latest news, views, speculation and done deals from our reporters around the country and worldwide, while you have the chance to interact and get involved.

Our transfers page captures every move, while each club page will be updated with the latest transfer stories.

Social media

You will be able to follow all the deadline-day deals via the @bbcsport  account on Twitter and share your views using #bbcfootball.

There will also be updates throughout the day and the opportunity to give your reaction on the BBC Sport  and Match of the Day  Facebook pages.

BBC Sport and Match of the Day on Twitter and Facebook will also bring you videos from BBC pundits, as well as behind-the-scenes content, alongside our Vine  and BBC Sport Instagram  accounts.

Radio

There will be regular transfer updates on the BBC's national and regional radio stations.

BBC Radio 5 live will also monitor the final few hours of the transfer window with a special deadline-day edition of 5 live Sport from 19:00 to 21:30 BST, which will be hosted by Mark Chapman. You can also watch the action from the studio on the BBC Red Button.

Chapman will be joined by former England internationals Paul Ince, Martin Keown and Danny Murphy.

Former Tottenham manager David Pleat, 5 live's Ian Dennis and Times journalist Rory Smith will also have their say on the winners and losers of deadline day.

Transfer Deadline Day: Jake Yapp's two-minute take

Television

Dan Walker will host Football Focus on BBC Two from 17:15-18:00 (which will continue on the Red Button until 18:15). His guests will be former England internationals Murphy and Keown and football writer Henry Winter.

Winter will also be a guest on a special edition of Sportsday on the BBC News Channel from 18:30-19:00, along with Ince.

And don't forget...

You can read the latest news, listen to 5 live and watch the TV coverage via the BBC Sport app on your smartphone or tablet.

It is available from Google Play  for Android devices, the App Store  for Apple devices, and the UK Amazon Kindle Fire Appstore. 

What big deals have been done so far?

Raheem Sterling's best goals for Liverpool

Kevin de Bruyne's move to Manchester City from Wolfsburg for a club-record fee understood to be £55m has been the biggest deal, in monetary terms, eclipsing the £44m they spent to recruit Raheem Sterling from Liverpool. Those deals are among seven summer signings by City, including Fabian Delph, Patrick Roberts and Nicolas Otamendi.

Liverpool have used the Sterling money (and more) to sign seven players, with Christian Benteke (£32.5m), Roberto Firmino (£29m) and Nathaniel Clyne (£12m) the most expensive.

Manchester United have also been busy, spending £83m to bring in Memphis Depay, Matteo Darmian, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin, while Chelsea have left it late in the window to conduct their serious business, signing Pedro and Baba Rahman.

Newly promoted Watford have been the busiest so far, signing 12 players, although clubs across the Premier League have ensured their finance departments remained busy throughout the summer. 

• See a full list of transfers on the BBC Sport transfer pages.

What deals could be done before the window shuts?

Chelsea could continue their late-window spree by signing Everton's England defender John Stones, who handed in a transfer request last week.

The Blues have already seen bids of £20m, £26m and £30m rejected by the Toffees, who are adamant the player is not for sale.

Another player who has asked to leave his current club is West Brom's Saido Berahino, with the Baggies' resolve to keep the England Under-21 striker having already been tested by two bids from Tottenham, worth £18m and £22m.

However, Spurs have since signed South Korea international Son Heung-min, which could signal an end to their pursuit of the Baggies forward.

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has hinted at a "surprise" signing, with a forward likely to be high on his shopping list, while West Brom's Tony Pulis has big plans, although this could depend on Berahino's departure.

With the Premier League TV rights deal increasing from £3.018bn to £5.136bn for three seasons from the 2016-17 season, clubs have more spending power than ever before and an even greater reason to ensure they remain in the top flight.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/

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Transfer deals - August 2015

The summer transfer window opened in England, Scotland and Wales on Wednesday, 1 July at 00:00 BST and will close again on Tuesday, 1 September, at 18:00 BST.

Signings confirmed in May, June and July can be found on previous transfer pages.

Most expensive signing:	Kevin de Bruyne [Wolfsburg - Manchester City] £55m
Busiest club:	Notts County (19)
Busiest Premier League clubs:	Watford (12)

For all the latest rumours, check out the Gossip page and for all the manager ins and outs, see the current manager's list.

Transfers organised into Premier League, Football League and Scottish Premiership by the buying club, then listed in alphabetical order by the player's surname. Prominent global transfers will also be included.

31 August

Premier League

Fabio Borini [Liverpool - Sunderland] £10m

Dieumerci Mbokani [Dynamo Kiev - Norwich City] Loan

Glenn Murray [Crystal Palace - Bournemouth] £5m

Football League

Barry Bannan [Crystal Palace - Sheffield Wednesday] Undisclosed

Sergi Canos [Liverpool - Brentford] Loan

Marco Djuricin [Red Bull Salzburg - Brentford] Loan

Ryan Fredericks [Bristol City - Fulham] Undisclosed

Idriss Saadi [Clermont Foot - Cardiff City] Undisclosed

Scotland

Riccardo Calder [Aston Villa - Dundee] Loan

Martin Woods [Shrewsbury Town - Ross County] Free

Global

Julian Draxler [Schalke - Wolfsburg] Undisclosed

Emanuele Giaccherini [Sunderland - Bologna] Loan

Javi Guerra [Cardiff City - Rayo Vallecano] Undisclosed

Javier Hernandez [Manchester United - Bayer Leverkusen] £7.3m

Hernanes [Inter Milan - Juventus] £9.5m

Brown Ideye [West Brom - Olympiakos] Undisclosed

Adnan Januzaj [Manchester United - Borussia Dortmund] Loan

Mario Lemina [Marseille - Juventus] Loan

Modibo Maiga [West Ham - Al Nassr] Undisclosed

Felipe Melo [Galatasaray - Inter Milan] £8m

Loic Nego [Charlton - Videoton] Undisclosed

Stefan Scepovic [Celtic - Getafe] Loan

Etien Velikonja [Cardiff City - Lierse SK] Undisclosed

Jelle Vossen [Burnley - Club Brugge] Undisclosed

30 August

Premier League

Kevin de Bruyne [Wolfsburg - Manchester City] £55m

Global

Kingsley Coman [Juventus - Bayern Munich] Loan

Dante [Bayern Munich - Wolfsburg] Undisclosed

Lazar Markovic [Liverpool - Fenerbahce] Loan

Ivan Perisic [Wolfsburg - Inter Milan] £14.5m (reported)

29 August

Premier League

Jonny Evans [Manchester United - West Brom] Undisclosed

Football League

Callum Elder [Leicester - Peterborough] Loan

Fernando Forestieri [Watford - Sheff Wed] Undisclosed

Christopher Forrester [St Patrick's Athletic - Peterborough] Undisclosed

Elvis Manu [Feyenoord - Brighton] Undisclosed

Tommy Oar [Utrecht - Ipswich] Free

Daniel Pudil [Watford - Sheff Wed] Loan

Glen Rea [Brighton - Southend] Loan

Scottish Premiership

Tyler Blackett [Manchester United - Celtic] Loan

Ryan McLaughlin [Liverpool - Aberdeen] Loan

Global

Aymen Abdennour [Monaco - Valencia] £22m (reported)

28 August

Premier League

Leandro Rodriguez [River Plate Montevideo - Everton] £500,000 (reported)

Son Heung-min [Bayer Leverkusen - Tottenham] £22m

Ola Toivonen [Rennes - Sunderland] Loan

Football League

Fernando Amorebieta [Fulham - Middlesbrough] Loan

Devante Cole [Manchester City - Bradford] Free

Callum Harriott [Charlton - Colchester] Loan

James Husband [Middlesbrough - Fulham] Loan

Piotr Kalarczyk [Korona Kielce - Ipswich] Undisclosed

Joe Maguire [Liverpool - Leyton Orient] Loan

Jak McCourt [Leicester - Port Vale] Loan

Stephen McLaughlin [Nottingham Forest - Southend] Undisclosed

Victor Nirennold [unattached - Fleetwood]

Simonas Stankevicius [Leicester - Oldham] Loan

Cameron Stewart [Ipswich - Doncaster] Loan

Daniel Tozser [Parma - QPR] Free

Scottish Premiership

Billy McKay [Wigan - Dundee United] Loan

27 August

Football League

Joey Barton [QPR - Burnley] Free

Mustapha Carayol [Middlesbrough - Huddersfield] Loan

Jose Manuel Casado [Almeria - Bolton] Free

Owen Garvan [Crystal Palace - Colchester] Free

Jordy Hiwula [Huddersfield - Wigan] Loan

Emyr Huws [Wigan - Huddersfield] Loan

Jesse Joronen [Fulham - Stevenage] Loan

Shaun Maloney [Chicago Fire - Hull] Undisclosed

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing [Peterborough - Rochdale] Free

Oscar Threlkeld [Bolton - Plymouth] Loan

Michael Turner [Norwich - Sheffield Wednesday] Loan

Global

Mario Balotelli [Liverpool - AC Milan] Loan

Pavel Pogrebnyak [Reading - Dynamo Moscow] Free

Aleksandar Tonev [Aston Villa - Frosinone] Undisclosed

26 August

Football League

Stephen Kingsley [Swansea - Crewe] Loan

Gabriel Tamas [Unattached - Cardiff]

Harry Wilson [Liverpool - Crewe] Loan

Global

Fabio Coentrao [Real Madrid - Monaco] Loan

25 August

Football League

Tom Flanagan [MK Dons - Burton] Free

Murray Wallace [Huddersfield - Scunthorpe] Loan

Mark Yeates [Bradford - Oldham] Free

Scottish Premiership

Darnell Fisher [Celtic - St Johnstone] Loan

Global

Juan Cuadrado [Chelsea - Juventus] Loan

Marko Marin [Chelsea - Trabzonspor] Loan

24 August

Football League

James Alabi [Unattached - Ipswich]

Carlos Edwards [Unattached - Millwall]

Joe Lewis [Cardiff - Fulham] Loan

Liam O'Neil [West Brom - Chesterfield] Undisclosed

Adam Yates [Port Vale - Northampton] Loan

22 August

Premier League

Kenedy [Fluminense - Chelsea] Undisclosed

Football League

Kadeem Harris [Cardiff - Barnsley] Loan

Izale McLeod [Crawley - Notts County] Undisclosed

Luke O'Neill [Burnley - Southend] Loan

21 August

Football League

Jacob Blyth [Leicester - Cambridge] Loan

Nicolai Brock-Madsen [Randers - Birmingham] £500,000

Janoi Donacien [Aston Villa - Wycombe] Loan

Joel Grant [Yeovil - Exeter] Free

Andre Gray [Brentford - Burnley] £9m

Tom Lawrence [Leicester - Blackburn] Loan

Olly Lee [Birmingham - Luton] Loan

Josh Murphy [Norwich - MK Dons] Loan

David Norris [Unattached - Yeovil]

Sam Patterson [Unattached - Shrewsbury]

Jordan Stewart [Glentoran - Swindon] Undisclosed

Global

Mehdi Abeid [Newcastle - Panathinaikos] Undisclosed

20 August

Premier League

Nicolas Otamendi [Valencia - Manchester City] £32m

Pedro [Barcelona - Chelsea] £21m

Football League

Andrew Boyce [Scunthorpe - Hartlepool] Loan

Reece Burke [West Ham - Bradford] Loan

Kyle Ebecilio [FC Twente - Nottingham Forest] Loan

Lee Evans [Bradford - Wolves] Loan

Francesco Pisano [Cagliari - Bolton] Free

Tim Ream [Bolton - Fulham] Undisclosed

Christian Scales [Crystal Palace - Crawley] Loan

Alex Smithies [Huddersfield - QPR] Undisclosed

Ryan Watson [Leicester - Northampton] Loan

Scottish Premiership

Josh Parker [Red Star Belgrade - Aberdeen] Loan

Global

Alex Sandro [Porto - Juventus] £18.6m

19 August

Premier League

Gokhan Inler [Napoli - Leicester] Undisclosed

Florian Thauvin [Marseille - Newcastle] £12m (reported)

Football League

Connor Goldson [Shrewsbury - Brighton] Undisclosed

Aaron Mclean [Bradford - Barnet] Free

Diego Poyet [West Ham - MK Dons] Loan

Global

Remy Cabella [Newcastle - Marseille] Loan

18 August

Football League

Alex Fernandez [Espanyol - Reading] Loan

Ayo Obileye [Charlton - Dagenham & Redbridge] Loan

Wellington Silva [Arsenal - Bolton] Loan

Global

Mateo Kovacic [Inter Milan - Real Madrid] Undisclosed

Roberto Soldado [Tottenham - Villarreal] £7m (reported)

17 August

Premier League

Alessandro Diamanti [Guangzhou Evergrande - Watford] Loan

Football League

Brad Jones [Liverpool - Bradford] Free

16 August

Premier League

Baba Rahman [FC Augsburg - Chelsea] Undisclosed

Football League

Angel Martinez [Millwall - Chesterfield] Free

15 August

Football League

Reece Wabara [Doncaster - Barnsley] Free

14 August

Premier League

Nathan Ake [Chelsea - Watford] Loan

Clinton N'Jie [Lyon - Tottenham] Undisclosed

Adama Traore [Barcelona - Aston Villa] £7m

Football League

Aaron Chapman [Chesterfield - Bristol Rovers] Loan

Maxime Colin [Anderlecht - Brentford] Undisclosed

Shaquile Coulthirst [Tottenham - Wigan] Loan

Chris Kettings [Crystal Palace - Stevenage] Loan

Jacob Murphy [Norwich - Coventry] Loan

Jamie Murphy [Sheffield United - Brighton] Undisclosed

Lee Novak [Birmingham - Chesterfield] Loan

David Nugent [Leicester - Middlesbrough] Undisclosed

Connor Ogilvie [Tottenham - Stevenage] Loan

Jack Phillips [Prescot Cables - Accrington] Free

Scottish Premiership

Scott Allan [Hibernian - Celtic] Undisclosed

13 August

Premier League

Mason Holgate [Barnsley - Everton] Undisclosed

Football League

Paolo Hurtado [Pacos de Ferreira - Reading] Undisclosed

John Lundstram [Everton - Oxford] Free

12 August

Premier League

Oriol Romeu [Chelsea - Southampton] £5m

Josh Vickers [Arsenal - Swansea] Free

Football League

Uwe Hunemeier [Paderborn - Brighton] Undisclosed

Chris Kirkland [Sheffield Wednesday - Preston] Free

Global

Edin Dzeko [Manchester City - Roma] Loan

11 August

Premier League

Xherdan Shaqiri [Inter Milan - Stoke] £12m

Football League

Hope Akpan [Reading - Blackburn] Free

Clevid Dikamona [Poire-sur-Vie - Dagenham & Redbridge] Free

Ben Hamer [Leicester - Bristol City] Loan

Jussi Jaaskelainen [West Ham - Wigan] Free

Emiliano Martinez [Arsenal - Wolves] Loan

10 August

Premier League

Salomon Rondon [Zenit St Petersburg - West Brom] £12m

Football League

Modou Barrow [Swansea - Blackburn] Loan

Bradley Barry [Brighton - Swindon] Free

David Edgar [Birmingham - Sheffield United] Loan

Josh Ginnelly [Shrewsbury - Burnley] Undisclosed

JJ Hooper [Havant and Waterlooville - Port Vale] Free

Rory Watson [Hull - Scunthorpe] Loan

Global

Dame N'Doye [Hull - Trabzonspor] £2.2m

8 August

Football League

James Caton [Shrewsbury - Mansfield] Loan

Alex Davey [Chelsea - Peterborough] Loan

Joe Pigott  [Charlton - Southend] Loan

7 August

Premier League

Serge Gnabry [Arsenal - West Brom] Loan

Football League

Reece Brown [Unattached - Bury]

Dominic Calvert-Lewin [Sheffield United - Northampton] Loan

Harry Cornick [Bournemouth - Yeovil] Loan

Shane Ferguson [Newcastle - Millwall] Loan

Grant Hall [Tottenham - QPR] Undisclosed

Tom Hitchcock [MK Dons - Stevenage] Loan

Jamie McCombe [Doncaster - Stevenage] Free

Moses Odubajo [Brentford - Hull] £3.5m

Callum Robinson [Aston Villa - Bristol City] Loan

Renny Smith [Arsenal - Burnley] Free

Cristhian Stuani [Espanyol - Middlesbrough] £2.8m

David Tutonda [Cardiff - York] Loan

Bryan Van Den Bogaert [Royal Antwerp - Crawley] Free

Josh Wright  [Leyton Orient - Gillingham] Free

Stephane Zubar [Bournemouth - York] Loan

Global

Esteban Cambiasso [Leicester - Olympiakos] Free

Kostas Mitroglou [Fulham - Benfica] Loan

6 August

Premier League

Yann M'Vila [Rubin Kazan - Sunderland] Loan

Ivan Toney [Northampton - Newcastle] Undisclosed

Football League

Jak Alnwick [Newcastle - Port Vale] Loan

Darren Ambrose [Ipswich - Colchester] Free

Alex Cairns [Leeds - Chesterfield] Free

Ben Davies [Sheffield United - Portsmouth] Free

Nathan Delfouneso [Blackpool - Blackburn] Free

Prince-Desir Gouano [Atalanta - Bolton] Loan

Dion Donohue [Unattached - Chesterfield] Free

Kane Ferdinand [Peterborough - Dagenham & Redbridge] Free

Ryan Fredericks [Tottenham - Bristol City] Undisclosed

Oscar Gobern [Huddersfield - QPR] Free

Gavin Gunning [Birmingham - Oldham] Free

Nicholas Hamalainen  [QPR - Dagenham & Redbridge] Loan

Luke Hendrie [Derby - Burnley] Free

Bryn Morris [Middlesbrough - Coventry] Loan

Civard Sprockel [Othellos - Notts County] Free

Jamie Stephens [Newport - Barnet] Free

Marnick Vermijl [Sheffield Wednesday - Preston] Loan

Global

Angel Di Maria [Manchester United - Paris St-Germain] £44.3m

5 August

Premier League

Bakary Sako [Wolves - Crystal Palace] Free

Football League

Emmerson Boyce [Wigan - Blackpool] Free

Stephen Dobbie [Crystal Palace - Bolton] Free

Danny Guthrie [Reading - Blackburn] Free

Aurelien Joachim [CSKA Sofia - Burton] Free

Shaun Miller [Coventry - Morecambe] Free

Sean Murray [Watford - Wigan] Loan

Joe Newell [Peterborough - Rotherham] Undisclosed

Jack Ryan [Preston - Morecambe] Loan

Modou Sougou [Marseille - Sheffield Wednesday] Free

Craig Tanner [Reading - Plymouth] Loan

Andrew Taylor [Wigan - Reading] Loan

Rhoys Wiggins [Charlton - Sheffield Wednesday] Undisclosed

Lawrie Wilson [Charlton - Bolton] Free

Global

Aly Cissokho [Aston Villa - Porto] Loan

4 August

Premier League

Max Gradel [St Etienne - Bournemouth] Undisclosed

Lee Tomlin [Middlesbrough - Bournemouth] £3m

Football League

Chuba Akpom [Arsenal - Hull] Loan

Stuart Dallas [Brentford - Leeds] Undisclosed

Jonathan Douglas [Brentford - Ipswich] Free

Adam Le Fondre [Cardiff - Wolves] Loan

Elliott Hewitt [Ipswich - Notts County] Free

Paul Konchesky [Leicester - QPR] Loan

Sakari Mattila [Aalesunds - Fulham] Undisclosed

Stephen McGinn [Dundee - Wycombe] Free

Kevin McNaughton [Cardiff - Wigan] Free

Jeffrey Monakana [Brighton - Bristol Rovers] Loan

Steve Morison [Leeds - Millwall] Undisclosed

Sheyi Ojo [Liverpool - Wolves] Loan

Nick Townsend [Birmingham - Barnsley] Loan

Lawrence Vigouroux [Liverpool - Swindon] Loan

3 August

Premier League

Yohan Benalouane [Atalanta - Leicester] Undisclosed

N'Golo Kante [Caen - Leicester] Undisclosed

Connor Wickham [Sunderland - Crystal Palace] £7m

Football League

Thierry Audel [Macclesfield - Notts County]

Jonathan Burn [Middlesbrough - Oldham] Loan

Matt Clarke [Ipswich - Portsmouth] Loan

Giles Coke [Sheffield Wednesday - Ipswich] Free

Paul Corry [Sheffield Wednesday - Northampton]

Michael Nelson [Cambridge - Barnet] Free

Ben Nugent [Cardiff - Crewe] Free

Paul Robinson [Portsmouth - AFC Wimbledon] Free

Matt Richards [Cheltenham - Dagenham & Redbridge] Free

Reece Thompson [Frickley Athletic - York] Undisclosed

Larsen Toure [Arles-Avignon - Ipswich] Free

Jordan Turnbull [Southampton - Swindon] Loan

Bobby Zamora [QPR - Brighton] Free

1 August

Premier League

Jake Kean [Blackburn - Norwich] Free

Football League

Paul Anderson [Ipswich - Bradford] Free

Billy Bodin [Northampton - Bristol Rovers] Free

Sam Hoskins [Yeovil - Northampton] Free

Noel Hunt [Ipswich - Southend] Free

Craig Mackail-Smith [Brighton - Luton] Free

Source: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/

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Tuesday's gossip column

Gossip column: Berahino, Valdes, Adebayor, Lopez, Tarbuck

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page and follow Sportsday live on Monday.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is considering a third bid of £22m for West Brom striker Saido Berahino, 22. (Daily Mirror) 

Levy could also make a late move to bring Newcastle forward Ayoze Perez, 22, to White Hart Lane in a £15m deal. (Daily Mail) 

The Metro is far from impressed with Louis van Gaal

West Ham are set to secure Chelsea winger Victor Moses, 24, on a season's loan, and have agreed a £7m deal with Nottingham Forest for striker Michail Antonio, 25. (Daily Express) 

West Ham could sign Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor, 31, before Tuesday's transfer deadline. (Talksport) 

But Aston Villa are also interested in a deal for Adebayor - while manager Tim Sherwood is set to sign defender Joleon Lescott, 33, from West Brom for £1.5m. (Daily Telegraph) 

West Brom are in talks to sign Spain midfielder David Lopez, 25, from Napoli for £5m, but face competition from Leicester. (Daily Mail) 

Watford are preparing to bring in Rennes' French midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure, 22, for £7m on deadline day. (Daily Star) 

Defender Gabriel Angella, 26, will have a medical at QPR on Tuesday before completing a loan move from Watford. (Watford Observer) 

Sunderland are set to make a deadline-day bid to sign Liverpool defender Tiago Ilori, 22, on loan. (Daily Mirror) 

Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal, 29, has increased speculation regarding a move to Athletic Bilbao by following them on Twitter. (Metro) 

Paris St-Germain winger Angel Di Maria, 27, says he found it "difficult to adapt" to Louis van Gaal's coaching methods at Manchester United. (ESPN Radio, via AS) 

Goalkeeper Victor Valdes, 33, will stay at Manchester United until January after a proposed loan move to Turkish club Besiktas collapse. (Times - subscription required) 

Best of social media

Here's an offer you can't refuse, Antonio...

Victor Valdes indicated that he might have resolved his differences with Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal, by posting the club badge on his Facebook page. 

Another goalkeeper, though, confirmed his Old Trafford departure on Twitter. Anders Lindegaard posted:  "Very happy to have signed with WBA. Can't wait to get started in my new club!"

Comedian Bob Mortimer - presumably with tongue in cheek - is pushing for his beloved Middlesbrough to sign Antonio Valencia, even tweeting a photo  of the run-down terraced house that the Manchester United winger would move into.

"I'm surprised the Premier League haven't left open a Europa League place for the team topping the total spend at the end of the window," tweets  former Aberdeen goalkeeper David Preece, now a coach at National League side Lincoln City.

Comedian Andy Fury tweeted:  "Fabio Borini says it'll be emotional playing at Sunderland again. Can only assume that emotion is devastation that nobody else bid for him."

And finally...

Belgium striker Christian Benteke has been backed to succeed at Liverpool... by comedian Jimmy Tarbuck. (Liverpool Echo) 

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Ex-Rangers boss Green faces charges

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Bournemouth agree £5m Murray deal

Glenn Murray: Bournemouth agree £5m fee for Crystal Palace striker

Bournemouth have agreed a fee of £5m with fellow Premier League side Crystal Palace for striker Glenn Murray.

The 31-year-old needs to agree personal terms and have a medical on Tuesday before 18:00 BST the transfer deadline.

Murray has scored 47 goals in 125 appearances for Palace since joining from Brighton in May 2011.

But Palace boss Alan Pardew will allow him to leave following the arrival of 22-year-old frontman Connor Wickham from Sunderland.

Murray played for Carlisle and Rochdale before joining Brighton in January 2008, moving to Palace in 2011 on a free transfer.

This summer, Bournemouth have already signed defender Tyrone Mings, midfielder Lee Tomlin and winger Max Gradel.

The Cherries have taken four points from their first four games in the top flight, where they are playing for the first time in their history after winning the Championship last season.

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Leading female jockey Turner to quit

Hayley Turner: Leading female jockey to quit in November

By Frank Keogh BBC Sport

Leading British female jockey Hayley Turner has decided to retire.

It is understood the 32-year-old intends to quit the saddle at the end of the Flat racing season in November.

Turner, the first female British jockey to ride 100 winners in a year, is expected to make an official announcement on Tuesday.

Turner has ridden two Group One winners at the highest level during her career but is thought to be frustrated at a lack of big rides recently.

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Trimble left out of Ireland squad

Rugby World Cup 2015: Andrew Trimble left out of Ireland squad

Rugby World Cup
Hosts: England and Wales Dates: 18 September-31 October
Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live and sports extra, BBC Radio Wales and in Welsh on BBC Radio Cymru, plus live text commentary on every match on the BBC Sport website

Ireland's 2014 player of the year Andrew Trimble is set to miss out on World Cup selection when Joe Schmidt's 31-man squad is announced on Tuesday.

The 30-year-old Ulster winger missed this year's Six Nations because of a toe injury but had returned to action.

Seven of his Ulster team-mates are believed to have been named, including Darren Cave who will be cover at centre for Robbie Henshaw and Jared Payne.

Tadhg Furlong of Leinster looks likely to be one of five props selected.

Furlong, 22, made his debut as a replacement during the 16-10 defeat by Wales.

Coach Schmidt has opted to name just two scrum-halves in Conor Murray and Eoin Reddan, with first-choice fly-half Johnny Sexton backed up by Paddy Jackson and Ian Madigan.

The seven Ulster players in the World Cup squad are forwards Rory Best, Chris Henry and Iain Henderson and backs Tommy Bowe, Payne, Cave and Jackson.

Wingers Keith Earls and Luke Fitzgerald, who were injured during Saturday's Dublin defeat by Wales, are included the squad.

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