The transfer window closed last night and here is a full round-up from Daily Mail Sport’s Simon Jones – including Jean-Philippe Mateta’s future at Crystal Palace and how Arsenal considered a move for Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali.
Mateta’s sticky situation
Jean-Philippe Mateta faces the prospect of having to re-integrate with his Crystal Palace team-mates after seeing a dream move to AC Milan collapse over his medical.
Palace took their January spending to £83million by forking out £48m on deadline day, buying Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen, but saw a move for Everton winger Dwight McNeil miss the cut-off when paperwork was not submitted in time.
However, it was Mateta’s day in limbo that overshadowed matters.
The 28-year-old had pushed hard to join Milan, but initial medical tests in London on Sunday raised concerns over a knee injury. On further inspection yesterday, Milan’s doctors were not satisfied that the risk was worth the £30m outlay.
Mateta wants to make France’s World Cup squad, so must now compete with Strand Larsen for a starting place. His ambition remains to move to Italy.
The Eagles had submitted a deal sheet for McNeil’s move and the winger had undergone a medical but, after Mateta’s sale collapsed, changed the terms from a £20m permament deal to a loan with an obligation to buy. Everton sources say that Palace pulled back and that they then ran out of time.
Jean-Philippe Mateta will have to re-integrate at Crystal Palace after failing to leave the club
The Eagles spent £48million on their new striker Jorgen Strand Larsen, arriving from Wolves
While Palace ended the window with greater firepower than they anticipated, their scatter-gun approach to signing a centre back failed to find a target.
Calls went out to West Ham for Max Kilman, to Brentford for Ethan Pinnock and Lyon for Ruben Kluivert, but in vain.
The Hammers had a difficult enough time trying to persuade Axel Disasi to join from Chelsea. Talks, described as ‘complicated’, ultimately got him through a medical, with the deal sheet finally submitted.
Chelsea miss out on main man
Chelsea missed out on their main target, Rennes defender Jeremy Jacquet. The 20-year-old flew to Merseyside for a medical ahead of completing his £60m move to Liverpool. He will not join until the summer, as Rennes insisted.
Chelsea were left to recall centre back Mamadou Sarr from Strasbourg and sent Aaron Anselmino the other way.
Striker David Datro Fofana followed suit, the 12th…