Tales from deadline day

Transfer deadline day can be a serious affair for managers, players and supporters as clubs scramble around to complete last-minute deals.

But there is a lighter side as Courier Sport takes a look behind the deals. ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES

West Ham striker Diafra Sakho’s deadline day antics will live long in the memory.

The 27-year-old is so desperate to leave the club that he took himself to France on Wednesday for a medical at Rennes, despite no agreement being in place.

He then returned to England to thrash out his future with West Ham’s hierarchy but not before stopping off at Chelmsford races to watch his agent’s horse win the 3:20 – a race where ‘The Happy Hammer’ was a non-runner, much like Sakho’s transfer to Ligue 1. DON’T PUT YOUR SHIRT ON SANCHES

Swansea pulled off one of the biggest coups of the window as they landed Bayern Munich ace Renato Sanches on loan.

The 20-year-old helped Portugal to win the European Championship last year and will now spend a season at the Liberty Stadium.

It was not all plain sailing for the club, though, as their big reveal of Sanches’ squad number – No 85 – was not sanctioned by the Premier League and he was instead left with No 35. SHAMBLES AT ARSENAL NOT QUITE AS IT SEEMS

Arsenal fans have been left deflated in the closing days of the window as a number of their squad have been moved on.

Aaron Ramsey sent Gunners supporters into a social media storm as he posted an Instagram message alongside a picture of himself with new Liverpool capture Alex OxladeChamberlain.

Signing off the message with ‘#shaaambles’ may not have been a smart move – even if the Wales international was merely referencing Oxlade-Chamberlain’s nickname bestowed on him for his poor timekeeping. LEICESTER CONDUCTING A FOX HUNT

The day started with news coming out of the Algeria international camp that they had allowed Leicester winger Riyad Mahrez to leave and complete a move away from the King Power Stadium.

This was news to the Foxes who insisted no bid had been received, let alone accepted, for the 2016 PFA Player of the Year.

Sightings of Mahrez have come in from Manchester, London and Barcelona but he remains a Leicester player.