Cherries spend £3 million, but most deals were loans

Championship clubs made just 28 signings on transfer deadline day this week.

Bournemouth were the biggest spenders splashing out £1.6 million on Swansea forward Jamal Lowe and £1.4 million on Celtic’s attacking midfielder Ryan Christie.

Preston also shelled out a £1.4 million fee on St Johnstone defender Ali McCann.

Sheffield United, Posh’s next opponents, signed four new players, all from top-flight clubs, including midfielder Conor Hourihane from Aston Villa, while struggling sides Nottingham Forest and Blackpool signed three new players apiece, but nine clubs didn’t sign anyone at all including secondplaced West Brom.

But perhaps the most eye-catching signing was Birmingham City’s free transfer capture of forward Troy Deeney from Watford.

All the Championship signings Barnsley

Claudio Gomes (Man City, loan).

Blackburn

Reda Khadra (Brighton, loan)

Blackpool

Owen Dale (Crewe, loan). Jordan Gabriel (Forest, fee) Dujon Sterling (Chelsea, loan).

Bournemouth

Ryan Christie (Celtic, fee). Jamal Lowe (Swansea, fee).

Coventry

Todd Kane (QPR, fee)

Fulham

Nathaniel Chalobah (Watford, fee).

Domingues Quina (Watford, loan).

Middlesbrough

James Lee Siliki (Rennes, loan). Andraz Sporar (Sporting Lisbon, loan).

Millwall

Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool, loan). Nottingham Forest

Mohamed Drager (Olympiakos, fee).

Brian Ojeda (Olimpia, fee). Xande Silva (West Ham, fee).

POSH

Conor Coventry (West Ham, loan).

Preston

Ali McCann (St Johnstone, fee). Josh Murphy (Cardiff, loan).

QPR

Andre Gray (Watford, loan).

Sheffield United

Ben Davies (Liverpool, loan). Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves, loan).

Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa, loan).

Robin Olsen (Roma, loan).

Stoke

Demeaco Duhaney (Huddersfield, free).

Adballah Sima (Brighton, loan)

Swansea

Michael Obafemi (Soton, loan). Rhys Williams (Liverpool, loan).

Troy Deeney