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EPL Transfer Deadline Day live Updated 2h ago The January transfer window has closed for clubs in the Premier League. The 7pm GMT deadline has passed, but there is still time for teams in England and around Europe to get final deals over the line. Here are the headlines from the final day of the transfer window: Share your thoughts on deadline day by emailing us at live@theathletic. com. Dwight Mc Neil will not be leaving Everton this window due to the relevant paperwork for his proposed move to Crystal Palace not being completed on time. The Athletic reported earlier on Monday that Palace were proposing an initial loan deal with an obligation to buy the winger worth £20million. Mc Neil completed his medical at Palace, who submitted a deal sheet before Monday's 7pm transfer deadline but the south-London club withdrew their offer before 9pm. It followed Jean-Philippe Mateta's proposed departure from Selhurst Park collapsing, with Palace later pulling out of the Mc Neil arrangement. The 26-year-old has made 18 appearances in all competitions for Everton this season, providing one assist, but has started just seven times in the Premier League. Additional reporting from Patrick Boyland and Matt Woosnam. Which moves flew a little under the radar in the winter window which could turn out brilliantly? Bournemouth's acquisition of Brazilian teenager Rayan in a deal worth €28. 5million (£24. 7m) plus add-ons wasn't cheap but he is a talented youngster and showed early signs of promise with a nice assist for Alex Scott's goal against Wolves. He looks a medium- to long-term Antoine Semenyo replacement. Elsewhere, Oscar Bobb could thrive at Fulham, Pascal Gross offers Brighton experience and versatility, Douglas Luiz is a known quantity for Aston Villa and strengthens their midfield as they try to stay in the top four. Harrison Armstrong has thrived at Everton since returning from a loan at Preston North End, while Facundo Buonanotte may offer Leeds enough creativity and imagination to keep them up. Finally, Sunderland snapping up backup goalkeeper Melker Ellborg may not move the needle massively but is a similar profile to Robin Roefs, a huge success story since joining last summer, and could be a ready-made replacement for the Dutchman if Roefs earns a move elsewhere. Everton have completed the signing of Chelsea's Tyrique George on loan with an option. George, 19, is an England under-21 international who is capable of playing across the front line and is eligible to make his debut against Fulham at the weekend. The forward told evertontv: "I’m really excited to be here and to enjoy this massive club. I just can’t wait to get started. "The fans here are exceptional. I know Evertonians are really passionate. They like hard work – and that’s what I’m going to show. I want to be exciting and I want to impress them. "The gaffer – David Moyes – was another reason [I wanted to join]. He’s an amazing manager who has coached so many players, like Wayne Rooney, and players like that. I've had a brief conversation with him and he's an amazing person as well. "I just want to enjoy it, learn under him and improve. " Wolverhampton Wanderers have completed the signing of Adam Armstrong from Southampton as a replacement for Jorgen Strand Larsen. Armstrong, 28, has signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the Premier League strugglers, and arrives after scoring 11 Championship goals for Southampton in the first half of the season. Strand Larsen completed a move to Crystal Palace earlier on deadline day. Players aged between 21 and 24 years old have continued to command the lion's share of fees spent by Premier League clubs this season. Of the nearly £3. 5billion spent, gross, on fees in 2025-26, over £2. 1bn has gone on players from that age group. One notable shift this season though has been an increase in fees spent on those a smidge older. Players aged between 25 and 28, generally considered a footballer's prime years, have commanded combined fees of over £700million this season, more than double what was spent on their age cohort in 2024-25. That has been driven by big spending on a few 25-year-olds, with Alexander Isak and Bryan Mbeumo foremost there. Yet clubs have also spent plenty on players who they'll probably not expect to make their money back on: Matheus Cunha, Antoine Semenyo, Martin Zubimendi, Eberechi Eze, Viktor Gyokeres and Yoane Wissa were all subjects of £50million-plus deals this summer, and all are aged 26 or older. Manchester City's Marc Guehi and Antoine Semenyo, in joint-first place. Centre-back Guehi was signed from Crystal Palace for £20m, a fraction of his true value, and strengthens City's defence amid injuries to Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol. Winger Semenyo was one of the best players outside the ‘big six’ and has hit the ground running with four goals in his first five City games. They might be slipping behind Arsenal at the top of the table, but that is great business. Karim Benzema has joined Al Hilal from Saudi Pro League rivals Al Ittihad. The 38-year-old French striker joined Al Ittihad on a three-year deal upon leaving Real Madrid in the summer of 2023, with his contract at the Jeddah-based club due to expire in June. This season, Al Ittihad are sixth in the SPL after 19 games, 12 points behind leaders Al Hilal, who have a game in hand. Al Hilal’s squad includes former Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Ruben Neves, former Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez and Morocco international goalkeeper Yassine Bounou. GO FURTHER Karim Benzema joins Al Hilal from Saudi rivals Al Ittihad It's hard to look beyond Manchester City. They signed Marc Guehi and Antoine Semenyo, both players who immediately improve their first team, and recalled Max Alleyne from Watford to give him senior experience. Out-of-favour goalkeeper Stefan Ortega was sold to Nottingham Forest, and though Oscar Bobb is a talented player, a fee of £27m for someone who was on the fringes of the squad is good business. City hope Claudio Echeverri (Girona), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (Cologne), Jaden Heskey (Sheffield Wednesday) and Stephen Mfuni (Watford) will get valuable minutes out on loan too. Otherwise? Bournemouth signing promising youngsters in Rayan and Alex Toth continues their policy of snapping up some of the best young players around the planet, while Christos Mandas and Fraser Forster strengthen their goalkeeping department, though Semenyo to City is a loss. West Ham's £45m spent on forwards Taty Castellanos and Pablo Felipe may prove an overspend but they and Adama Traore offer new blood in attack. Plenty of underperforming players in Lucas Paqueta (£35m to Flamengo), Luis Guilherme (£17. 5m to Sporting CP), Guido Rodriguez and Andy Irving have gone, while James Ward-Prowse and Niclas Fullkrug departed on loan. Wrexham have made Bailey Cadamarteri their third signing of the transfer window. The 20-year-old forward has signed a contract until the end of the 2028-29 season after leaving Sheffield Wednesday in a £1million transfer. Cadamarteri, son of former Everton striker Danny, joins Bristol City defender Zak Vyner and Barnsley forward Davis Keillor-Dunn in moving to the STo K Cae Ras this window. The Jamaica international’s arrival allowed Ryan Hardie to go out on loan to Huddersfield Town. Hardie was a £700, 000 summer signing from Plymouth Argyle. Cheltenham Town’s double loan swoop for Wrexham pair Mo Faal and Harry Ashfield was also completed before the 7pm deadline. Despite the English transfer window closing on Monday, there remains no update in Toronto FC’s pursuit of Norwich City and U. S. men’s national team forward Josh Sargent. Sargent’s future is not necessarily bound to the window abroad, as the MLS winter window is open until March 26, so Toronto has plenty of time to sign and register the player if a deal can be struck. Sources remain confident an agreement with Norwich can happen, especially after the English Championship club signed another forward ahead of deadline day, 21-year-old Australia and Randers striker Mohamed Toure. Norwich, though, insists Toronto’s opening $18 million bid is insufficient to sanction a departure, even as the forward trains with the under-21s. The saga stems from Sargent submitting a transfer request to the club and refusing to play in an FA Cup match against Walsall on Jan. 11. Sargent, under contract through 2028, hasn’t played for the club since. GO FURTHER Historically, the Premier League's ‘big six’ have been reluctant to spend in the winter transfer window. With value deemed thin on the ground, those in a position of financial power generally felt it unnecessary to go big mid-season. That changed three years ago, when Chelsea, under new ownership, embarked on a huge splurge. Two years later, in 2025, Manchester City reacted to an autumn slump by bringing their squad overhaul forward to January. They spent around £200million last winter. City are the biggest spenders this window too, having snaffled Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth and Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace. But aside from them there's been little spent, again, by the richest clubs in England in the winter of 2026. This does, of course, exclude the initial £55million deal Liverpool are close to sealing for Rennes defender Jeremy Jacquet. The 20-year-old won't officially move to Anfield until next summer. Allan Saint-Maximin has joined Lens, less than 48 hours after leaving Mexican side Club America after a racist incident involving his children. The former Newcastle winger and his former club both detailed how racism had been the reason behind his departure from Mexico, and he has now joined Lens, who are second in Ligue 1 and two points behind league leaders PSG. Saint-Maximin moved to Mexico last summer after a year on loan at Turkey’s Fenerbahce, which had followed one season with Saudi Arabian side Al Ahli, whom he joined from Newcastle in July 2023. He spent four seasons at the Premier League club, scoring 13 goals across 124 appearances, after a transfer from Nice in his homeland. GO FURTHER Allan Saint-Maximin leaves Club America after ‘acts of racism’ against his daughters Sunderland have confirmed that Simon Adingra has joined Monaco on loan until the end of the season, with an option to make the deal permanent. Adingra has made 15 appearances for Sunderland since arriving from Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer. Kristjaan Speakman, Sunderland sporting director said: “When considering the balance and priorities of the squad, we felt this was a mutually agreeable opportunity that ensures Simon plays regularly throughout the second part of the season. “The stature of this move represents the quality and professional characteristics he possesses, in addition to his motivation to play every week. We wish Simon well and will monitor his progress closely. ” Karim Benzema's name still carries huge recognition from his stellar, trophy-studded years at Real Madrid, and so this represents a major move for football in the country. After a disappointing first season in Saudi, with Al Ittihad finishing fifth, Benzema scored 25 goals in all competitions in 2024-25, helping his side to a domestic double as they won the league and the King's Cup, winning the top-flight's player of the season award. This campaign, Al Ittihad have struggled somewhat again and lie in sixth, a distant 13 points off his new side Al Hilal. He has appeared unimpressed by the general standard of his team-mates, with a mixture of young foreign players and no genuine superstars in a squad with the likes of Fabinho, N'Golo Kante and Houssem Aouar. Al Hilal have more established star players like Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves and Darwin Nunez and that could have been enough to turn his head. Karim Benzema is set to leave Al Ittihad for fellow Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal. Benzema joined Al Ittihad on a three-year deal upon leaving Real Madrid in the summer of 2023, meaning his terms there expire in June. French side Lyon, where Benzema came through as a youngster, explored a move for the striker in January 2024 after being absent from team duties over the Saudi Arabian mid-season break, leaving on holiday without permission before reporting late back to the team. He remained with Al Ittihad after that winter window closed, but his situation at there has remained complicated. GO FURTHER Karim Benzema joins Al Hilal from Saudi rivals Al Ittihad Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of left-back Luca Netz from Borussia Monchengladbach. Netz, 22, has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract at the City Ground. The Germany youth international joined Gladbach from Hertha Berlin in 2021 and made 17 appearances in all competitions this season, providing two assists. “I am ready for a new challenge and the next step in my career, ” Netz said. “I am extremely motivated to get started here and am incredibly excited about the first training sessions and matches at the City Ground in front of our fans. ” Forest had looked to strengthen at left-back during the January window, with Liverpool’s Kostas Tsimikas, on loan at Roma, previously among their list of targets. Oleksandr Zinchenko’s loan move from Arsenal was also cut short this month, and he subsequently joined Ajax. Chelsea have confirmed David Datro Fofana's loan move to Strasbourg until the end of the season. The forward has spent the first half of the term on loan at Super Lig side Fatih Karagumruk, having spent the previous two campaigns on loan at Union Berlin, Burnley and Goztepe. The 23-year-old has only made four appearances for Chelsea since signing in January 2023. Arsenal defender Katie Mc Cabe’s future remains in doubt with her contract due to expire at the end of the season. The 30-year-old left-back is yet to receive a new contract offer from the north London club, though conversations have remained respectful, according to sources briefed on the matter. Mc Cabe, who joined Arsenal over 10 years ago, wants to continue performing consistently at the highest level and, as The Athletic reported last month, has had interest from National Women’s Soccer League clubs. Arsenal are expected to rejuvenate their squad this summer with several players out of contract. They are well stocked in the right-back and left-back positions. The Athletic reported the 2026 Champions Cup winners are in talks to sign Ona Batlle, 26, in the summer after her contract at Barcelona expires. Discussions are ongoing with Arsenal maintaining a strong interest in the full-back, who can play on either side of defence. At right-back, U. S. Women’s National Team player Emily Fox has one year left on her deal and Arsenal recently signed 19-year-old Smilla Holmberg in that position too. At left-back, Taylor Hinds re-signed for Arsenal from Liverpool last summer. Mc Cabe, who is viewed as a key part of the club’s history, has a special rapport with the fans and has won every title possible at Arsenal, including the WSL, Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup three times and now the Champions Cup. Bayer Leverkusen's Jeanuel Belocian has joined Wolfsburg on loan for the rest of the season. Belocian tore his cruciate ligament last season, an injury which kept him out for nine months of 2025, and he has struggled for minutes and continuity ever since. A talented, versatile defender who can play as an outside centre-back, a full-back or a wing-back, he'll have the opportunity of a reset at the Volkswagen Arena, with a Vf L Wolfsburg side battling against relegation.