Source: Daily_Mail
Premier League big guns splash the cash in final hours of January transfer window
As the most dramatic transfer window for many a season shut at 11pm last night with more than ?120million-worth of talent changing hands, MARK ALFORD charts a day of frenetic activity with the help of Sportsmail's team of experts.[LNB] Shock move: Fernando Torres has joined Chelsea[LNB] 7am: England captain RioFerdinand catches themood of the footballing nation witha Tweet: 'Wow Spurs bid ?38.5m forSergio Aguero.... top player... hugeprice that! This transfer window isgoing nuts as it comes to a close!' [LNB]8.40: Back to the action,Paraguay captain PauloDa Silva, 31, leaves Sunderland forReal Zaragoza for around?300,000 after one Premier Leaguegame. [LNB]9.35: SIGNED AND SEALED Liverpool caretakerboss Kenny Dalglish kicks off abusy day on Merseyside, confirmingPaul Konchesky will be joiningNottingham Forest on emergencyloan. [LNB]9.45: Dalglish reiterates clubstatement from Fridayinsisting Torres is not for sale, justas claims begin flying around theinternet that Liverpool haveaccepted a bid from Chelsea. [LNB] Step down: Paul Konchesky (left) signed on loan for Nottingham Forest[LNB]9.50: Tottenham managerHarry Redknapp swingsinto Spurs' training complex, drivenby first-team coach Kevin Bond,and tells Sky Sports News he doesnot expect to sign Sergio Aguero,Giuseppe Rossi, Alvaro Negredo orFernando Llorente. He's not askedabout Diego Forlan, though. [LNB]10.30: SIGNED AND SEALED Michael Bradley'sloan from Borussia Monchengladbachis confirmed at AstonVilla. Gerard Houllier says: 'We'renot in a very comfortable positionin the league and we've got to preparefor the future. Michael Bradleyis 23 and a very hard-working midfielderwho can score goals.' [LNB]10.50: West Ham win therace to sign DulwichHamlet's 18-year-old Paul McCullum,reports Sportsmail's SamiMokbel. The striker turned downoffers from Fulham and Reading. [LNB]11.05: Radio Five Live'sIan Dennis reportsthat Liverpool have lodged a?30m bid for Andy Carroll. ColinYoung writes: 'The trouble is AlanPardew has been insisting for weeksthe England striker is not for sale.' [LNB]11.15: Newcastle rejectCarroll bid. Chieffootball correspondent MattLawton writes: 'This smacks of aknee jerk reaction by Liverpool.Carroll is not a ?30m player but hecould be.'Former Liverpool striker StanCollymore, says on Twitter: 'Likinga lot the idea of Andy Carroll in anLFC shirt. Young, A nightmare toplay against, Will improve at a greatclub.' [LNB] Hero for the Villains? Michael Bradley joined Aston Villa on transfer deadline day[LNB]11.20: Bolton are keenon taking Chelseastriker Daniel Sturridge on loan. [LNB]11.30: Sportsmail understandsLiverpooland Chelsea have agreed a fee forTorres around ?48million butwant to keep deal under wraps forfear of distorting the market. [LNB]11.40: Word from Villa Parkis that StephenIreland will complete a loan moveto Newcastle. [LNB]11.45: Former Newcastlestriker ObafemiMartins completes his medical atBirmingham ahead of loan movefrom Rubin Kazan. [LNB]Blue boy: Former Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins completed his move to Birmingham[LNB]11.50: Sportsmail's SimonJones reveals Blackpoolare in for Rangers strikerJames Beattie minutes later it'sannounced the former Englandstriker, 32, has arrived for a medicalat Bloomfield Road. manager Alan Pardew was dueto hold his press conference aheadof tomorrow's trip to Fulham at2pm, but that's been put back to3.30pm. [LNB]12.05pm: Aston Villa bossGerard Houllierwarns suitors off Ashley Young, saying:'Ashley is not going. I knowsome teams will have money but noway is he going to leave.' [LNB]12.40: Torres leavesLiverpool's trainingground in a speeding 4x4, reportedlyto meet a helicopter. [LNB]12.45: Spurs reportedlybid ?17m for AtleticoMadrid's Forlan. Matt Lawtonwrites: 'Forlan proved at the WorldCup that he has developed since histime at Man United.' [LNB]1.20: King of the understatement,David Moyes,reveals: 'We are hoping we can bringin a young player from Greece.' What the Evert on boss means isthat Apostolos Vellios, 19, is theonly addition he expects to make. More revealing is Moyes's claimthat he received an 'insulting'?250,000 bid from Spurs for captainPhil Neville at the weekend. [LNB]1.25: Aguero ends speculationlinking him to Tottenhamby signing a contractextension with Atletico Madrid. [LNB]1.35: Liverpool have still notsealed the deal forstriker Luis Suarez, but they mustbe close as the Uruguayan has beenhanded the No 7 shirt at Anfield. [LNB]1.40: Barcelona's reservestriker Ruben Rochina,19, is expected to complete hismove to Blackburn. [LNB]2.15: Manchester Unitedagree to let Tom Cleverley,21, stay at Wigan until theend of the season. [LNB]2.35: Blackpool confirmsigning of Sunderlandmidfielder Andy Reid for an undisclosedfee. Of his new recruit, IanHolloway says: 'He'll be perfect forus and it won't take me long to gethim going. He's gone for ?12m inthe past so that's not a bad take forus.' Has Reid's arrival paved theway for Charlie Adam's departure?Holloway appears none the wiser,saying: 'I haven't a clue whetherhe's going!' [LNB] Switch: Andy Gray swapped Sunderland for Blackpool on deadline day[LNB]3.00: Liverpool have raised thebid to ?35m for Carroll, aplayer outscored in the Championshiplast season by Peter Whittingham,Nicky Maynard, Gary Hooper,Michael Chopra and Adam. RobbieSavage reacts to the multi-million-pound-chaos, posting a Tweet: 'Imust still be worth about ?7m.' [LNB]4.00: SIGNED AND SEALED Birminghamfinally clinchsix-month loan signing of strikerMartins, who claims to be 26, whichmeans he moved to Reggiana inItaly at 16. He only joined Kazanlast summer in a ?14m deal fromWolfsburg.Also, Andy Keogh leaves Wolvesfor Bristol City on three-monthloan and Forest have completedthe signing of US striker RobbieFindley, 25, on a free. [LNB]4.05: Blackpool opentalks with Zenit StPetersburg for striker SergeyKornilenko. Sportsmail's worldfootball expert, Ashley Gray, writes:'Kornilenko's agent has been tryingto get him a move to England sincelast January, when the Belarusstriker trained with West Ham.'[LNB]4.10: A heap of moneyappears to have beenwaged on Adam moving to ManchesterUnited, although as IanLadyman says: 'United are sayingnothing's happening.' [LNB]4.25: West Ham, in desperateneed of trimmingtheir squad, offload striker FrankNouble, 19, to Barnsley untilthe end of the season. Leeds takegoalkeeper David Gonzalez on loanfrom Manchester City. [LNB]4.40: Amazing twist in theCarroll-to-Anfield sagaas Newcastle reject ?35m bid fromLiverpool. [LNB]4.50: Liverpool sign anEngland player! Under17 midfielder Conor Thomas joinson loan from Coventry.[LNB]5.00: Carroll will lodge a formaltransfer request within the hour. Manic Monday back on.Spurs have re-entered the fray offering Peter Crouch plus cash. [LNB]5.30: Carroll's transferrequest is accepted byNewcastle. Liverpool confirmMike Ashley & Co have acceptedtheir ?35m bid. 'The Club have beengiven permission by Newcastle todiscuss personal terms with theplayer, who will now travel to Liverpoolfor a medical,'Arsenal midfielder Jack WilshereTweets: 'Andy Carroll will be a greatplayer for Liverpool and England#fact.' [LNB]5.40: Reports suggest Liverpoolhave had a ?10mbid accepted by Blackpool forCharlie Adam. Matt Lawton says:'Could Liverpool become a long-ballteam now? Charlie Adam hashit more long balls than any playerin Premier League this season andAndy Carroll scores headers for fun five so far this season. It's not theAnfield way, nor Dalglish's.' [LNB]5.45: Aston Villa haveheard nothing aboutStephen Ireland failing a medical atNewcastle and believe the deal isstill on.[LNB]5.50: Torres in London waitingfor the green lightfor a medical. [LNB]6.00: SIGNED AND SEALED It'sone striker gone and oneto go at Newcastle after Spanishstriker Xisco brings his dreadfulspell on Tyneside to an end, resigningfor Deportivo La Corunaafter only 11 appearances. [LNB]6.25: SIGNED AND SEALED MailOnline breaks aworld exclusive: Chelsea completetransfer of defender DavidLuiz for ?21m plus Nemanja Matic.[LNB]6.40: Slight over-reaction onMerseyside, wherethey're burning Torres shirts.Kenny's son Paul Dalglish, onTwitter, says: 'Disgusted to seeLiverpool shirts being burnt. AtLiverpool the name on the front is always more important than thename on the back!' [LNB]6.45: Carroll arrives in Liverpoolas Black -burn complete their capture ofBarcelona 19-year-old Rochina. [LNB]7.15: SIGNED AND SEALED Aston Villa sayBradley, son of US coach Bob, hasjoined on loan until the summer,pending clearance and a visa. [LNB]7.40: Liverpool confirm thatTorres has been givenpermission to speak to Chelsea.Carroll shown in his civvies arrivingat Liverpool. [LNB]7.45: Sky Sports Newsbroadcast footage ofAvram Grant leaving West Ham'straining ground and the Hammersboss says he could still add'maybe one' more player to thesquad. Carlton Cole is staying, hesays, despite links to Newcastle. [LNB] Sportsmail's Simon Jones' top 5 swoops of the January transfer window[LNB]7.55 SIGNED AND SEALED Ireland has passed hismedical at St James's Park. [LNB]8.00: Remember 11.20am Bolton loan deal forSturridge is set to be confirmed. [LNB]8.05: Harry Redknapp saidhe'd be leaving SpursLodge four hours ago, straightafter training. The Tottenhamboss in still in there. Stand by for aForlan announcement at 10.59pm. [LNB]8.10: Is it job done? Dalglishand assistant SteveClarke leave Melwood havingspent a truckload of money.[LNB]8.15: Latest rumours claimBolton striker JohanElmander will fill the Carroll shapedvoid at Newcastle, EidurGudjohnsen is leaving Stoke forFulham and Shay Given is joiningMan City team-mate CraigBellamy at Cardiff, althoughSportsmail learns from a sourceclose to the Republic of Irelandgoalkeeper that there have beenno new developments. [LNB]8.25: David Luiz disembarkshis plane at Lisbonairport to sign paperwork, whichwill be faxed to the PremierLeague. He'll then fly on to Luton.Deal being done. [LNB]8.40: Finally Redknappemerges from hisSpurs bunker. He's claiming noaction, adding: 'I had to laughhearing Newcastle talk about howhard they fought to keep Carroll.Every time these clubs sell a playerthey seem to make him put in atransfer request so they canpretend they didn't want to takethe money.' [LNB]8.45: Confirmation of Gudjohnsenhaving a Fulhammedical. Sturridge hasjoined Bolton and Blackburnsign midfielder MauroFormica. [LNB]9.10: Liverpool's website upand running again somany hits when they announcedfee for Carroll was agreed itcrashed.[LNB]9.20: SIGNED AND SEALED Bolt on get Sturridgefor the rest of the season. [LNB]9.27: Sven Goran Erikssoncan't miss out, he'sclose to taking Chelsea's WilfredBruma to Leicester. [LNB]9.34: Blackpool say Adam isstaying. They completesigning of Southampton wingerJason Puncheon, 24.[LNB] Enlarge Out of Toon: Liverpool completed the signing of Andy Carroll from Newcastle[LNB]9.43: Not just the big clubsspending big Stevenage say they've brokentheir club record to sign strikerCraig Reid from Newport County. [LNB]10.13: Everton say theyhave turned down?1.5m Spurs bid for Phil Neville.Carroll having medical.[LNB]10.48: Wigan turn downan offer of ?12mNewcastle bid to bring backCharles N'Zogbia. [LNB]10.53: Carroll's five-and-a-halfyear deal isconfirmed. [LNB]10.58: Liverpool confirmthat Torres has joined Chelsea.[LNB] David Sullivan: It's like being eaten alive in the transfer window bearpitMadness! So much for the credit crunch as records tumble on the craziest day in English transfer history Carroll completes ?35m Liverpool move and then claims: I was forced out of Newcastle Ireland completes Newcastle switch on loan deal until end of the season[LNB] Explore more:People: Shay Given, Ashley Young, Simon Jones, Andy Carroll, Carlton Cole, Sergio Aguero, Michael Bradley, Gerard Houllier, Michael Chopra, Phil Neville, Peter Crouch, Nicky Maynard, Daniel Sturridge, David Moyes, Harry Redknapp, Kenny Dalglish, Kevin Bond, Andy Keogh, Charlie Adam Places: Barcelona, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Newcastle, Ireland, Paraguay, Greece, United Kingdom
