TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY has seen a host of British clubs scrambling to get their business done in time to beat the deadline.
While many of the top clubs in the Premier League are reluctant to spend big this month there is still plenty of activity as the clock counts down before the 11pm deadline.
SunSport brings you up to speed with all the latest transfer news, deals and gossip, brought to you in association with Toolstation.
Toon in for Town
Newcastle are growing increasingly confident they can get a deal done for Crystal Palace star Andros Townsend today.
The Championshiup promotion hopefuls are locked in talks with Palace over the terms of a deal that will see the winger return to the North East.
Palace go for the Sak
Sam Allardyce has clearly decided he needs to improve his defence at Crystal Palace as they battle to avoid relegation.
He is now trying a late bid to clinch a loan deal for Liverpool outcast Mamadou Sakho, who has been spotted arriving in London ahead of talks over personal terms.
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Ivanovic exit
Chelsea fans treat Branislav Ivanovic as a hero after an eight-year career at the club which has seen him win every trophy available to him.
But all good things come to an end and the Serbian defender is having a medical ahead of a move to Zenit St Petersburg today.
Great Scott
West Ham’s decision not to sign Brentford striker Scott Hogan has allowed Aston Villa to steal in and get a late deal done.
Villa have agreed a deal worth up to £15million for the striker who is up in the midlands for a medical this afternoon.
Roo stays
The deadline for the Chinese Super League doesn’t close for another month, so there is plenty of time for clubs in the Far East to get their targets.
But according to his manager Jose Mourinho, one player who will not be heading to China is Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney who could earn as much as £1m a week if he made the move.
You Moussa be joking
Transfer deadline days are often the source of much speculation and hearsay, with people jumping to the wrong conclusion over whether a deal is about to happen.
Celtic striker Moussa Dembele was spotted on a flight to London amid claims he was signing for Chelsea – but the 20-year-old was only visiting a specialist over a knee injury.
QPR shock
Steven Caulker’s career has not hit the heights many predicted when he first came through into the Premier League – but few would have expected him to make a shock move to Russia.
The centre-back has agreed to join Lokomotiv Moscow on loan from QPR in one of the most surprising bits of deadline day business.
The January transfer window hot gossip round-up, in association with Toolstation.
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