It has arrived, the final day of the 2012 January Transfer Window. Deadline Day 2012 will have to go some way to match the excitement of last year, which saw Fernando Torres move to Chelsea for £50 million and Andy Carroll swap Newcastle United for Liverpool in a £35m deal.
Transfer Deadline Day is a nightmare for Premier League managers but provides us with plenty of interest and intrigue. Who will your club sign and can they hang onto their best players? Only time will tell.
Whatever transfers materialise you can find out here on the Football FanCast Transfer Deadline Day LIVE BLOG. Let the madness begin and feel free to add your own rumours in the comments below…
So deadline day is well under way and already deals on the brink of going through at Fulham, QPR, Everton, West Ham and Manchester City, with big name rumours flying around as per usual on the best day of the football calendar. But will the likes of Harry Redknapp, Sir Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish make any late moves?
Djibril Cisse has passed his medical at QPR and could be available to play tomorrow night away at Aston Villa. Injury prone risk or a shrewd piece of business from Mark Hughes?
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11.45 – Andrey Arshavin could be set to join Anzhi Makhachkala after Sky Sources claim talks have begun between the two parties.
1154 – Would Arsenal fans want Arsene Wenger to spend some money today to give them the best possible chance of a top four place?
12.00 – AC Milan have re-entered talks to sign Carlos Tevez from Manchester City according to Sky Sources.
12.25 Nikica Jelavic is close to agreeing terms with Everton
12.41 – Nicky Maynard is at West Ham’s training ground for a medical.
12.49 – Rumours of Louis Saha joining Spurs are really gathering pace. Seems a strange deal, but what do Spurs and Everton fans think of that?
12.52 – Crystal Palace have signed 17-year-old defender Michael Chambers from Dulwich Hamlet for an undisclosed fee.
13.10 – Alan Pardew has confirmed in his press conference that Newcastle United have placed a final bid for Watford defender Adrian Mariappa, he said “The ball is now in Watford’s court.”
13.28 – Peterborough United look set to smash their transfer record with a double bid for Crawley Town’s Tyrone Barnett and Kyle McFadzean.
13.32 – Sky Sports understand that Swansea City are closing in on Wrexham full back Curtis Obeng. More shrewd work from the Swans?
13.50 – Wayne Bridge is a Sunderland player on loan until the end of the season. The perfect signing for the Black Cats?
13.50 – Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill looks set to make a bid for Liverpool defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos according to Sky Sports.
14.24 – The Daily Mirror are reporting that Everton have made an ambitious loan bid forManchester City’s Adam Johnson. The winger could start at Goodison Park tonight…for Manchester City
14.31 – Rangers FC (Official) want captain Grant Holt from Norwich City FC to replace Nikica Jelavic who is on the brink of joining Everton Football Club
15.00 – A quick summary of deadline day so far – Carlos Tevez is back in talks with A.C. Milan, whose transfer window closes earlier than England’s. Djibril Cisse joins QPR, with Bobby Zamora expected to join him at Loftus Road. Nikica Jelavic is now an Everton player with Louis Saha on his way to Tottenham Hotspur and Wayne Bridge will see out this season with Sunderland FC.
15.01 – Tottenham Hotspur defender Vedran Corluka joins Bayer Leverkusen on loan until end of season
15.42 – Djibril Cisse is confirmed as a Queens Park Rangers F.C. player
16.08 – Liam Ridgewell has signed for West Bromwich Albion and becomes yet another player out of the revolving door at Birmingham City FC Official
17.56 – Reports suggesting that Hugo Rodallega has been left out of Wigan Athletic FCsquad to face Tottenham Hotspur tonight. A late deal on the cards?
18.20 – The only remaining deals that look certain to go through before the 11.00pm deadline are Pavel Pogrebnyak to Fulham F.C., Bobby Zamora to QPR and Nikica Jelavic to Everton Football Club. Any other deals may come out of the blue and could be a race against time
18.54 – 19-year-old Thomas Eisfeld may not have been the signing Arsenal fans wanted but Arsene Wenger is sticking to his beliefs and the attacking midfielder has signed on a long term deal.
19.06 – Sunderland sign Sotirios Kyrgiakos from Wolfsburg on loan until end of season. Good move to sure up a leaky defence?
19.40 – Marvin Sordell has been pulled out of the Watford F.C. team to play Millwall F.C. by the clubs owner tonight. Surely a transfer is looming for the highly rated striker that could mean a move to the Premier League.
20.13 – West Ham United F.C. have completed the signing of Manchester Unitedyoungster Ravel Morrison who was out of contract in the summer. Could be a wonderful piece of work from Sam Allardyce
20.22 – West Ham United FC Official have also signed former Bolton Wanderers F.C.striker Ricardo Vaz Te from Barnsley F.C. Another player at the Hammers who has history of playing under Sam Allardyce. Nicky Maynard is also expected to complete a deal to Upton Park this evening
20.32 – Nikica Jelavic has finally signed his four-and-a-half year deal at Everton Football Club
22.25 – Pavel Pogrebnyak’s deal to Fulham is now complete and he has joined them until the end of the season.
22.29 – David Pizarro has completed his move to Manchester City FC – Official on loan until the end of the season.