The top five transfers on deadline day
“Inter were the only club I wanted, because Inter is Not For Everyone,” Lukaku said upon signing. “I’m here to bring the Nerazzurri back to the top.”
Having raised eyebrows and irked United by starting the week training at former club Anderlecht in Belgium, the 26-year-old arrived in Milan overnight to complete paperwork and a medical.
Lukaku’s agent Federico Pastorello had flown into London on Wednesday to push through his client’s exit and end a rather uncomfortable - and at times unsavoury - process. THERE was a busy end to the summer transfer window as Premier League clubs worked hard to bolster their squads.
Here, PA looks at five of the best deals done on deadline day.
1. Kieran Tierney
ARSENAL’S hectic summer continued as Kieran Tierney joined from Celtic in the closing moments of the window.
The 22-year-old left-back had been trailed by Arsenal all summer and moves south for a fee reported to be £25million - a record for a Scotland international.
With 12 Scotland caps and over 150 Celtic appearances under his belt, Tierney has the experience to slot straight into the Arsenal back four - an area the Gunners addressed even further with the even later signing of David Luiz.
2. Ryan Sessegnon
TOTTENHAM matched Arsenal’s endeavour across north London with a double swoop for Ryan Sessegnon and Giovani Lo Celso.
Teenager Sessegnon, signed on a sixyear deal from Fulham, is a player Spurs have tracked for some time and he will being ability and energy down the left flank.
Lo Celso is also an exciting loan addition from Real Betis - and makes up for Spurs missing out on Juventus striker Paulo Dybala.
3. Andy Carroll
EIGHT and a half years after his recordbreaking £35million move to Liverpool, Carroll was back in his native Newcastle and hoping the deal provides much more than sentimental value.
The former England striker was released by West Ham at the end of last season and has signed an initial one-year deal.
Whether he can be as successful as he was during his first spell on Tyneside depends on him putting a miserable run of injuries behind him.
If he does, this could become some story.
4. Aaron Mooy (above right)
BRIGHTON boss Graham Potter was determined to being some creativity to
Despite going on the pre-season tour of Australia and Asia, knocks prevented the striker from appearing in any of United’s four friendly matches.
Lukaku also missed the matches against Kristiansund and AC Milan upon their return to Europe.
The ex-Chelsea and West Brom forward got under the skin of Solskjaer ahead of that final friendly when posting on Twitter a video showing internal data of United players’ maximum speed in training. The message was swiftly deleted. his new side and settled upon Huddersfield playmaker Mooy.
The deal to bring the 28-year-old Australian to the south coast might only be a season-long loan, but it could prove a masterstroke with Brighton in need of more invention in the final third.
Mooy was key to Huddersfield winning promotion to the Premier League in 2017, and scored seven goals in 65 topflight appearances before the Terriers were relegated in May.
5. Danny Drinkwater
THE England midfielder’s big-money Chelsea move soon turned sour. Drinkwater and Chelsea never seemed a good fit and the 29-year-old made only five Premier League starts after switching to Stamford Bridge in a £35million deal in August 2017.
But Burnley will have a serious upgrade in their midfield should Drinkwater, who has signed a short-term deal until the start of January, find the form which made him key to Leicester’s Premier League title success in 2016.