Deadline day fever

Transfer deals in Europe’s top leagues have been on a downward trend.   However, deadline day fever with its auction room atmosphere may change all that as far as the Premier League is concerned.   Fernando Torres is having a medical at Chelsea to seal a reported £50m deal.   Having had an offer of £30m for Andy Carroll turned down, Liverpool have upped their bid to £35m which looks likely to succeed.

Transfer deals in Europe’s top leagues have been on a downward trend.   However, deadline day fever with its auction room atmosphere may change all that as far as the Premier League is concerned.   Fernando Torres is having a medical at Chelsea to seal a reported £50m deal.   Having had an offer of £30m for Andy Carroll turned down, Liverpool have upped their bid to £35m which looks likely to succeed.


Without counting some smaller but still significant deals in progress that puts the total splashed out at £155m and rising, not far short of the 2008 record total.