TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY MOVES

● PALACE COMPLETE SAKHO SIGNING: Crystal Palace sign defender Mamadou Sakho from Liverpool on a four-year contract. The 27-year-old France international returns to Selhurst Park after helping the club to five wins and four clean sheets in eight English Premier League appearances during his loan spell last season.

● DRINKWATER SEALS CHELSEA MOVE: Chelsea sign midfielder Danny Drinkwater from Leicester on a five-year contract. The 27-year-old becomes the sixth signing of the transfer window for the Premier League champions following the arrivals of Willy Caballero, Antonio Rudiger, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Alvaro Morata and Davide Zappacosta, who signed earlier on Thursday.

● BONY RETURNS TO SWANSEA: Swansea have re-signed Ivory Coast striker Wilfried Bony from Manchester City on a two-year deal, with the option to extend by another year. Bony returns to the Liberty Stadium following a 2½-year spell at City, where he struggled for first-team opportunities.

● LLORENTE SEALS TOTTENHAM MOVE: Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of Spanish striker Fernando Llorente from Swansea on a two-year deal. Llorente scored 15 Premier League goals to help Swansea avoid relegation last season.

● CHELSEA CONFIRM ZAPPACOSTA SIGNING: Chelsea have signed Italian fullback Davide Zappacosta from Serie A side Torino on a four-year contract.

● BRIGHTON BRING IN KRUL ON LOAN: Dutch goalkeeper Tim Krul has agreed a season-long loan switch to Brighton from Newcastle.

● DRAGOVIC JOINS LEICESTER ON LOAN: Leicester have signed 26-year-old Austrian defender Aleksandar Dragovic on a season-long loan deal from Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen.

● EVERTON SIGN VLASIC FROM HAJDUK SPLIT: Everton have signed teenage striker Nikola Vlasic from Croatian side Hajduk Split. The 19-yearold signed a five-year contract to become manager Ronald Koeman’s ninth signing of the transfer window.

● ALAVES SIGN BOJAN ON LOAN FROM STOKE: La Liga side Alaves have signed Bojan on a season-long loan from Stoke. The 27-year-old forward left the bet365 Stadium in January in search of regular first-team football but struggled to find form on loan at Bundesliga side Mainz 05, scoring just once in 11 appearances.

● WATFORD COMPLETE WAGUE SIGNING: Watford have completed the signing of defender Molla Wague from Udinese on a season-long loan deal.

● LEICESTER MIDFIELDER MENDY RETURNS TO NICE ON LOAN: French midfielder Nampalys Mendy returns to Nice on a season-long loan deal after failing to make an impact at Leicester. Mendy was expected to replace N’Golo Kante at Leicester last season but made just seven appearances last season.

● BRIGHTON SIGN RIGHTBACK SCHELOTTO: Brighton have signed rightback Ezequiel Schelotto from Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon on a threeyear deal.

● ARSENAL’S PEREZ REJOINS DEPORTIVO ON LOAN: La Liga side Deportivo Coruna have signed striker Arsenal. LucasThe 28-year-oldPerez on a season-longSpaniard returnsloan dealto from Deportivo,2015-16 season where beforehe scored arriving17 leagueat the Emiratesgoals in the last August.

● MAN CITY LOAN OUT DENAYER FOR FOURTH SEASON: Manchester City have loaned out centreback Jason Denayer for a fourth consecutive season. The 22-year-old Belgian will spend the season at Turkish club Galatasaray, where he had a successful loan spell in the 2015-16 season.

● WATFORD SIGN DEFENDER ZEEGELAAR FROM SPORTING LISBON: Watford have signed leftback Marvin Zeegelaar from Sporting Lisbon on a four-year deal. The Dutchman made 37 appearances for the 18-time Portuguese champions last season, including five in the Champions League.

● MAN CITY YOUNGSTER SIGNS FOR DORTMUND: Germany’s Borussia Dortmund signed talented Manchester City teenager Jadon Sancho on a long-term contract.

● ORIGI LEAVES LIVERPOOL FOR LOAN SPELL AT WOLFSBURG: Liverpool striker Divock Origi was loaned to German side VfL Wolfsburg for the season. Origi has scored 21 goals in 77 appearances for Liverpool, but is behind Roberto Firmino, Daniel Sturridge and new signing Dominic Solanke in the pecking order. ● WATFORD SIGN GOALKEEPER KARNEZIS ON LOAN FROM UDINESE: Watford signed Greece international goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis from Italian side Udinese on a season-long loan deal. The 32-year-old has made over 100 appearances for the Serie A club.

● BURNLEY SIGN STRIKER WELLS FROM HUDDERSFIELD: Burnley signed Bermuda international striker Nakhi Wells from Huddersfield Town on a three-year contract. The 27-year-old spent 3½ years at Huddersfield and helped the Yorkshire club win promotion to the top flight last season.

● SWANSEA SEAL LOAN DEAL FOR BAYERN’S SANCHES: Welsh club Swansea pulled off one of the most audacious deals of the window when they signed Bayern Munich’s Portuguese midfielder Renato Sanches on a season-long loan. Sanches was part of Portugal’s triumphant Euro 2016 squad and was named as Player of the Tournament.

● STOKE’S RECORD SIGNING IMBULA LOANED TO TOULOUSE: Stoke midfielder Giannelli Imbula, signed for a club record £18.3mil (RM101mil) from Porto on Jan 31, 2016, joined French club Toulouse on loan until the end of the season.

● AURIER JOINS TOTTENHAM FROM PSG: Tottenham Hotspur completed the signing of Ivory Coast rightback Serge Aurier from French club Paris St Germain for a fee reported to be ¤25mil (RM127mil). The deal for the attack-minded 24-yearold had been in doubt because a criminal conviction had delayed Aurier’s work permit application.

● OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN JOINS LIVERPOOL: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain became the second England international to leave Arsenal in two days when he joined Premier League rivals Liverpool for a reported £40mil (RM220mil). The 24-year-old midfielder’s move follows the exit of leftback Kieran Gibbs, who joined West Bromwich Albion on a fouryear deal on Wednesday. – Reuters