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Fulham have completed the signing of striker Carlos Vinicius from Benfica. He spent a season on loan at Spurs two years ago.

After putting pen to paper, the 27-year-old said: “I’m really happy to be here. I think it’s a big club with good people, so I’m really, really happy.

“I’m happy to be back in the Premier League again. I’m more experienced now and I think I can help the Club.”

Billy Gilmour is close to completing a £10m permanent move to Brighton after passing a medical with the Seagulls. The Chelsea midfielder will now hopefully complete the paperwork before the window closes.

Newcastle defender Federico Fernandez has completed a permanent move to Spanish side Elche.

The 33-year-old Argentine hasn’t played again for the Magpies after the January transfer window opened and they started to spend that Saudi money.

Dan James has passed his medical at Fulham ahead of a season-long loan from Leeds. The relevant paperwork is being signed and he is expected to complete the move before the window shuts in lass then 30 minutes.

Everton have got a deal for James Garner over the line and the Toffees manager Frank Lampard his over the moon at the signing.

He said: “James is a fantastic midfielder with a great all-round game who has qualities we know Evertonians will appreciate. We are really looking forward to working with him and having him add further strength to our squad.”

It’s got to be the story of the day.

Bamba Dieng was sat in a private plane terminal waiting to fly to Leeds and complete a move to the Premier League but Nice came in at the last minute and offered him a five-year deal.

He decided to take it and travelled to the French side’s training ground only for Fabrizio Romano to now report that he has failed his medical with the club!

Everton have completed the signing of James Garner from Manchester United for a fee rising to £15 million.

The 21-year-old became Frank Lampard’s second midfield signing of deadline day, after Idrissa Gueye returned to the club from Paris Saint-Germain, and has signed a four-year deal at Goodison Park.

Garner, who helped Nottingham Forest win promotion during a loan spell at the City Ground last season, has cost an initial £9 million and believes Lampard can improve his game.

He has also become United’s biggest sale in a summer when they have spent over £200 million on signings such as Antony, Casemiro, Lisandro Martinez and Tyrell Malacia.

James Garner has signed for Everton from Manchester United for an undisclosed fee, the midfielder penning a four-year deal until the end of June 2026.

Garner spent last season on loan at Nottingham Forest and was instrumental in the East Midlands club’s promotion to the Premier League, playing 49 matches, scoring four goals and providing 10 assists.

“I’m made up to sign for Everton. It’s a huge step in my career and I want to help the team get better while progressing as a player,” Garner told evertontv. “I think Everton is the perfect place to do that. I can’t wait to get started.

“The manager [Frank Lampard] has got a real plan for the Club and for me. Working with him on a daily basis is major for me. Him and his staff can take me and the team to the next level. That’s what I’m hoping for.”

Harvey Vale has signed a new three-year contract with Chelsea but has joined Championship side Hull City on loan for the remainder of the season.

Vale captained the Young Lions to victory at the U19 European Championship this summer.

As the building blocks of one managerial tenure are carefully laid in place, those of another perhaps begin to come apart. Manchester United are up to the nosebleed territory of fifth - a height barely thinkable at the beginning of last week - after this 1-0 victory over bottom-of-the-league Leicester City, courtesy of an excellent first-half team goal finished off by Jadon Sancho. The only comfort to Brendan Rodgers will be that his opponents for the evening were in a similar position until recently.

It is difficult to escape the sense that whereas one of these clubs is at the beginning of their journey, the other is in danger of reaching an end. It is not since his time with Swansea City that Rodgers has lost four consecutive Premier League games. Expectations were not as great back then, and even if he can point to a lack of investment in the summer market, with the last-minute £15m acquisition of Wout Faes the only significant arrival, results are desperately needed.

Perhaps most worryingly of all for Leicester, United did not have to be particularly good to take all three points, or even rely on the players rushed in since losing their opening games of the campaign. Erik ten Hag’s third successive win was comfortable for the most part, with even Leicester’s brief attempts at a second half surge dealt with and contained. All three victories have come by a single goal. There is work to do. But the trajectory is unmistakably upward.