Summary

  • Listen to BBC Radio Lincolnshire's transfer deadline day special from 22:00 to 00:00 BST on Tuesday, 1 September

  • Transfer business of Lincoln City and Boston United discussed

  • Follow live text updates of deals from across the EFL

  1. DONE DEAL: Saints sign Abbott on loan from Forestpublished at 19:56 BST

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    Southampton

    Zach Abbott wearing a red Nottingham Forest shirtImage source, Shutterstock

    It has been a busy day at Southampton and now we have another deal confirmed as done at St Mary's.

    Saints have signed 20-year-old defender Zach Abbott on loan from Nottingham Forest for the season.

    Abbott is a product of the Forest academy where he has been since the age of 11 and has made 12 first team appearances.

  2. 'What's going through Louis Page's mind?'published at 19:51 BST

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    Matt Heath
    Former Foxes defender on BBC Radio Leicester

    Louis Page moves like Cole Palmer. He's tremendous.

    I know he's such a talented lad with such a bright future, but why would Leicester risk 90 minutes of football potentially hours before such a big move that's on the cards?

    It's complete, absolute madness that the club would take that risk. If he was to move back on a loan deal for the rest of the season, it could be argued that there's no need for him not to play because he'd play the next game anyway.

    It doesn't happen very often in football for a player to get sold and then loaned straight back. It is one of those odd situations that we're going to see play out tonight.

    Here's another point: what's going through Louis Page's mind? How is he going to be playing?

    Is he going to want to go into a 50-50 tackle in the centre of the park? I don't think he will. So we'll all have our eyes on how it affects him and his play.

  3. DONE DEAL: Hwang leaves Wolves for Schalkepublished at 19:48 BST

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    Wolves

    Hwang Hee-chan in Wolves' old gold home shirt at the end of the 2025-26 seasonImage source, Shutterstock

    Wolves forward Hwang Hee-chan has joined German Bundesliga club Schalke on loan for the rest of the season.

    The 30-year-old has scored 22 goals in 119 appearances for Wolves since arriving from RB Leipzig in 2021.

    Hwang, a South Korean international, played five full seasons in the Premier League for the club but has not featured in the Championship so far in this campaign.

    Schalke will have an option to make the deal permanent next summer.

    “He's expressed his frustrations, rightly, because the best players want to play all of the time," said Wolves technical director Matt Jackson.

    "Hee Chan always been open with his dialogue and has been excellent in training this pre-season, knowing that he wasn't going to be involved here, which is difficult for a player, but he accepted it with good grace."

  4. Morato reunited with Nunopublished at 19:44 BST

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    Nick Mashiter
    BBC Sport football news reporter

    Nuno Espirito Santo and Morato stood together while at Nottingham ForestImage source, Getty Images

    Nottingham Forest defender Morato has joined side West Ham on a season-long loan, with the option to make the deal permanent.

    The 25-year-old reunites with former Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo at the London Stadium.

    The Hammers had been interested in Wolves' Ladislav Krejci but the Czechia international does not want to move to another Championship club, with Wolves unwilling to sell to a promotion rival.

    The defender was named in the team of the tournament for the 2025-26 Europa League and played in all but two games in the competition as Forest reached the last four.

  5. DONE DEAL: West Ham sign Morato on loan from Forestpublished at 19:39 BST

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    West Ham United

    Morato wearing a red Nottingham Forest shirtImage source, Shutterstock

    West Ham have completed a deal to bring in Nottingham Forest defender Morato on loan for the season.

    The 25-year-old Brazilian has made 66 appearances for the Reds since arriving from Benfica in August 2024.

    It is understood the Hammers will have an option to buy Morato at the end of the loan deal.

  6. DONE DEAL: West Brom sign French defender Pereirapublished at 19:36 BST

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    West Bromwich Albion

    Brayann Pereira in action for NEC Nijmegen, passing the ball with his right footImage source, Getty Images

    West Bromwich Albion have completed the signing of French central defender Brayann Pereira for a fee in the region of £1m on a four-year deal.

    The 23-year-old joins from Dutch Eredivisie side NEC Nijmegen and becomes the club's 10th summer signing.

    Albion will now focus their attentions on bringing in a striker before the 11pm deadline, but time is running out.

    Rumours linking them with former frontman Brandon Thomas-Asante from Coventry City are wide of the mark, BBC Sport understands.

  7. Postpublished at 19:34 BST

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    West Ham are a club rotting from top to bottom. First job: get Nuno Clueless OUT and get it done quickly.

    John, Liverpool

  8. DONE DEAL: Cashin returns to Derby on loanpublished at 19:30 BST

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    Derby County

    Eiran Cashin in a navy blue Blackburn hoodieImage source, Shutterstock

    Derby County have re-signed defender Eiran Cashin on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion for the 2026-27 season.

    The 24-year-old was a Rams youth academy product and went on to make 144 first team appearances before leaving for the Seagulls in January 2025.

    He spent last season on loan at Birmingham City and then Blackburn Rovers.

    “Eiran is going to a club he knows well, that will help him settle quickly and we look forward to seeing him progress over the coming season,” said Brighton sporting director Mike Cave.

  9. 'Mid-game announcement would be incredible'published at 19:26 BST

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    Owynn Palmer-Atkin
    BBC Radio Leicester commentator

    There has been a lot of talk initially around Arsenal being interested in Louis Page, but it appears that Manchester United have been able to move a little further ahead in those discussions and negotiations.

    It would appear that a deal is perhaps still on the cards despite Louis being in Leicester City's starting XI and the deadline just hours away.

    That, I guess, shows you modern-day football and what it's like. Has he done a medical? We don't know. Will he do a medical? We don't know.

    When will it get announced? We don't know. Could it be announced mid-game? We don't know. That would be incredible.

    The money that has been discussed with me is significant. This is a bigger deal than the Jeremy Monga deal to Manchester City [£10m plus add-ons], which I suppose shows where Leicester's valuation is on Louis Page and how good he will go on to be.

    From what I'm told, it also includes a significant sell-on clause for Leicester City should Louis Page move on from Manchester United a little further down the line. That is where the negotiations are currently.

    The other key detail is that should Louis Page move to Manchester United, there is a lot of discussion - and, I think, an expectation from Leicester City - that he will return to the Foxes on loan for the rest of this season.

    It's a brilliant advert for why the end of the transfer window shouldn't be on the same day as games. There should be no games played on it.

  10. League One dealpublished at 19:20 BST

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    Elijah Campbell in action for Port ValeImage source, Shutterstock

    MK Dons have signed Everton defender Elijah Campbell on a season-long loan deal.

    The 22-year-old becomes MK Dons' 10th summer signing. The club have said this will be their final move of the window.

    Campbell spent the second half of last season on loan at Port Vale, making 13 league starts.

  11. Postpublished at 19:15 BST

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    Please tell me why Wolves owners Fosun think we don’t need to buy anyone when we have money in the bank from the winter window.

    Stu in Brum

    As far as West Ham are concerned, at least we don't have the usual over-the-hill expensive has-beens we are used to. Forget promotion - at least we have a young group who want to play for the club. Engels is 12 million quid better than Potts.

    Billyo, France

    Anthony (17:30) is upset at Preston going after North End's old players - Sheff United have signed four returning players!

    TomCrump, Oxfordshire

    Usual lack of support from the dismal Cardiff City board. We have a fantastic manager in Brian Barry-Murphy and an excellent young squad. All we needed was two experienced heads - a striker and winger. Currently, we'll be left struggling, IMO. Tan out!

    Moondust, Talbot Green

  12. Derby working on deal for winger Fuseinipublished at 19:14 BST

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    Dominic Dietrich
    BBC Radio Derby commentator

    Mohammed Fuseini celebrates a goal at USG, wearing a sky blue shirtImage source, Getty Images

    Derby County are working on a deal to bring Union Saint-Gilloise winger Mohammed Fuseini to the club.

    The 24-year-old Ghanaian has scored 15 goals in 76 appearances for the Belgian Pro League club since the start of the 2024-25 season.

    He also made two appearances in the Champions League last season against Bayern Munich and Atalanta.

    I am not sure on nature of the deal at this stage, but work is ongoing.

  13. Postpublished at 19:11 BST

    We have news of a potential incoming deal Derby County are working on...

  14. DONE DEAL: Swans winger Bianchini seals Clermont loan movepublished at 19:06 BST

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    Swansea City

    Swansea winger Florian BianchiniImage source, Huw Evans Picture Agency

    Swansea City forward Florian Bianchini has joined French second-tier side Clermont on loan for the remainder of the season.

    Bianchini has struggled to make an impact at Swansea since joining from French side Bastia in the summer of 2024.

    Read more: Swansea winger Bianchini joins Clermont on loan

  15. League One latestpublished at 18:54 BST

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    Leicester City

    An interesting bit of team news to provide you tonight from League One.

    Leicester City's Louis Page, who has been the subject of interest from Manchester United, starts tonight's match against Plymouth Argyle in midfield.

  16. Postpublished at 18:51 BST

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    O’Hare leaving Sheffield United finishes any chance we had of a respectable season. I think we’ll survive this season but I really fear for our long-term future.

    Gary, Sheffield

    Whats happening at Wolves? Not good.

    Mark Banham, Lowestoft

    Come on, Birmingham. Where is the striker we need or the additional creative player in a 10? All very quiet.

    Chris Kiely, Cotswolds

    Saints fan here. We’ve done good business this summer but, as George said earlier (17:11), Ramsdale is on about 70k a week, playing for the U21s and is clearly not in Eckert’s plans. Hopefully some good can be done with the proceeds of the sales of Harwood-Bellis and Charles.

    Theo, Winchester

  17. DONE DEAL: Saints defender Sugawara heads to Italypublished at 18:47 BST

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    Southampton

    Yukinari Sugawara wearing a blue Japan shirtImage source, Getty Images

    Southampton defender Yukinari Sugawara has joined Italian Serie A side Cagliari on a season-long loan.

    The Japanese international, who played at the 2026 World Cup, also spent last season on loan with German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen, where he made 31 appearances.

    Sugawara arrived at St Mary's from AZ Alkmaar in 2024 but has not played for Saints since August 2025.

  18. Postpublished at 18:42 BST

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    I fear for Cardiff if Yousef Salech gets injured. There's no-one in the squad to replace him. We must get a striker in today.

    Anthony Tanner, Cardiff

    Not for the first time, fans have been disappointed about Cardiff's end to a transfer window. After extending Barry-Murphy's contract, it left a lot of hope that he would be properly backed. Any injury and the team will be stretched. Long season ahead.

    Craig Garner, Cardiff

    Cardiff's last few weeks have been an absolute shambles. The board are not fit to run a football club of this size. We have made four signings over three months, two of whom were on loan last season. We have the squad depth of a Sunday League team. Shocking. Board out.

    Brian Kerr, Cardiff

    If we don’t sign anyone, the board have failed Cardiff once again.

    Rhys, Cardiff

  19. STAYING: Swindon's Drinan signs new dealpublished at 18:39 BST

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    Swindon Town striker Aaron Drinan.Image source, Shutterstock

    Very good news if you are of a Swindon Town persuasion this evening.

    Striker Aaron Drinan, who scored 28 goals in all competitions last season for the club, has signed a new four-year deal.

    The 28-year-old top-scored in League Two last season and starts tonight's home match against Port Vale.