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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City reach agreement with Chelsea to sign Enzo Fernandez. Package for 25yo midfielder work Β£125m so matches British transfer record. Argentina int’l granted permission by #CFC to undergo medical & complete #MCFC move
🚨 Manchester City offered £104m + add-ons for Enzo Fernandez but Chelsea requested fee be guaranteed only & on Monday specified £135m. #MCFC conveyed intention to walk away from deal before deadline day compromise reached with #CFC at £125m
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Manchester United will not be signing Alejandro Balde or Jorge Salinas, meaning they are expected to end the window without recruiting a specialised left-back unless there is a dramatic late change.
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Manchester City have completed the signing of forward Iliman Ndiaye from Everton.

The Athletic reported on Monday the clubs had reached a Β£65million ($87.8m) agreement in principle for the 26-year-old, consisting of an initial Β£60m plus Β£5m in potential add-ons.

The Senegal international has signed a five-year contract at the Etihad Stadium.
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Leeds United and Eintracht Frankfurt are working to finalise a transfer for Jean-Matteo Bahoya after the two clubs reached an agreement in principle.

With the end of the transfer window looming at 11pm BST on Tuesday, Bahoya is on course to arrive at Elland Road on loan.
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πŸ—£β€œIt’s clear from the work they were doing on those big names that they knew that they needed to do something.

β€œThey’ve decided to keep their powder dry, whether it be for January or next summer.”
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🚨Everton make bid to sign Joshua Zirkzee from Manchester United amid Folarin Balogun uncertainty. Zirkzee keen on #EFC option - #MUFC must decide if ready to allow Netherlands international to leave ahead window closing.
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🚨Chelsea reach agreement with Monaco to sign Lamine Camara. Deal for 22yo midfielder worth £47m to #ASMonaco. Senegal international completed medical + joins #CFC on 6+1yr contract after Fernandez exit; set to arrive in London on Wednesday
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🚨Sunderland secure agreement to sign Malick Fofana from Lyon. Deal for 21yo #OlympiqueLyonnais winger worth €30m + €5m. Medical done - Belgium int’l scheduled to travel on Wednesday morning & join #SAFC on 5yr contract after hijack drama
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Tottenham Hotspur completed a deal to sign Mykhailo Mudryk on loan from Chelsea until the end of the season.

The north London side have the option to make the move permanent for a fee of Β£75million.
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🚨Everton hopeful of completing deal to sign Folarin Balogun from Monaco before transfer window closes. #EFC deal for 25yo #ASMonaco striker being renegotiated with lower fixed fee + higher bonuses. Loan move for Joshua Zirkzee of #MUFC off
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🚨Lamine Camara from AS Monaco to Chelsea collapses. #CFC say full written agreement found for 22yo midfielder to join before #ASMonaco reneged following renegotiation of Folarin Balogun transfer to Everton. Senegal international’s move off
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Manchester City have confirmed the Β£125million ($169m) signing of midfielder Enzo Fernandez from Chelsea.

The Athletic reported earlier on Tuesday that City had finally reached an agreement to sign Fernandez, with the package equalling the existing British transfer record set by Liverpool’s purchase of Alexander Isak from Newcastle United last summer, a move that was also completed late in the transfer window.
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🚨 Folarin Balogun transfer from Monaco to Everton off. Deal for 25yo #ASMonaco striker renegotiated after issues during medical & deal sheet submitted; but USA international decided not to proceed + left #EFC training ground without signing
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🚨 Excl: Players making 1st Champions League appearance this season to wear β€˜debut patch’ on shirt as part of new 6yr UEFA/Fanatics contract. Patch then goes into signed Topps trading card - same in NBA poised be auctioned next week for ~$5m
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Real Madrid defender Raul Asencio has been convicted of driving while nearly four times over the legal alcohol limit.

Asencio, 23, admitted to driving while under the influence of alcohol during a trial at the High Court of Justice of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on August 19. He has been banned from driving and fined €14,400 (Β£12,349; $16,668).
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The Colorado Rapids have completed paperwork in a deal to acquire English winger Morgan Whittaker in a club-record transfer from Middlesbrough.

Colorado will pay a fee of $10.7 million (Β£7.9m). Whittaker is flying to the United States on Wednesday after completing a medical in London on Tuesday.

The summer transfer window in MLS closes on Wednesday night.
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Monaco will hold discussions with Folarin Balogun about the possibility of moving elsewhere after his agreed deadline-day move to Everton broke down, the club’s CEO Thiago Scuro said Wednesday.

The Athletic reported on Tuesday that the United States men’s national team striker decided against the move to England after a renegotiated deal was agreed between Everton and Monaco, with the transfer complicated by issues which arose during the player’s medical.
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πŸ—£"Utter madness. That was just extraordinary."
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explains the collapse of Folarin Balogun's move from Monaco to Everton β€” and the effect it had on Lamine Camara's supposed switch to Chelsea from the Ligue 1 side...
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As a dramatic tug of war developed around him, Lyon's Malick Fofana sat at home playing video games.

Sunderland and Crystal Palace prepared private jets in their battle to sign the Belgian winger, while Sunderland's owner made a late trip to France to meet the player.

This is how one of deadline day's more unlikely transfer sagas unfolded.
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Canada international defender Luc de Fougerolles is set to join Real Salt Lake on loan from Fulham.

The 20-year-old will move until January, with an option to extend the arrangement through to May.
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All football matches in Argentina will be paused in the 10th minute for a minute-long applause in tribute to Lionel Messi, following his decision to retire from the national team.
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