For many European teams, the 2024 summer transfer window will slam shut Friday night. Follow along with theScore as we track the biggest deals and rumors on deadline day.
What you need to know 📌
- The transfer window closes at different times for each of Europe’s top five leagues
| League | End Time (Eastern) |
|---|---|
| Premier League | 6 p.m. |
| La Liga | 6 p.m. |
| Serie A | 2 p.m. |
| Bundesliga | 12 p.m. |
| Ligue 1 | 5 p.m. |
- Saudi clubs can also complete transfers until Oct. 6, leaving open the prospect of late blockbuster moves to the Middle East
Biggest deals to watch today 👀
There’s a ton of unfinished business and just hours remaining in the transfer window. Here are the links we’re watching closely:
- Victor Osimhen to Chelsea
- Manuel Ugarte to Manchester United
- Scott McTominay to Napoli
- Jadon Sancho to Chelsea
- Ivan Toney to Al-Ahli
- Raheem Sterling to Arsenal
- Joan Garcia to Arsenal
- Billy Gilmour to Napoli
- Carlos Soler to West Ham
- Maxence Lacroix to Crystal Palace
- Ben Chilwell to Manchester United
- Jonathan Tah to Bayern Munich
- Tammy Abraham to AC Milan
- Alexis Saelemaekers to Roma
- Manu Kone to Roma
- Sofyan Amrabat to Fenerbahce
- Matheus Nunes to Atletico Madrid
- Mohamed Simakan to Al-Nassr
- Arthur to Napoli
- Armando Broja to Ipswich Town
Chelsea at the center of everything 📍
Chelsea have more than 40 players on their roster and may yet add more. They remain in talks to sign Napoli striker Victor Osimhen and are working on an initial loan deal for Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho, according to our most recent reports.
But what of the players under contract Chelsea don’t seem to like anymore? Head coach Enzo Maresca already warned some of his highest earners, including Raheem Sterling, Trevoh Chalobah, and Ben Chilwell, that they’ll get zero minutes if they stay at the club past the deadline, and that says nothing of the 10 or so other outcasts banished from Chelsea’s first-team facilities.
Could Arsenal rescue Sterling from purgatory? Sterling could stick it out for the three years he has left with Chelsea and collect a cool £325,000 a week for kicking the ball around with the U21s, but the possibility of leaving Chelsea for a title contender – even on lower wages – has to be tempting.
Then there’s Deivid Washington, the seldom-used prospect Chelsea signed just a year ago who’s reportedly set to join Ligue 1 side Strasbourg for €21 million. For those of you at home connecting the dots, yes, Strasbourg are owned by the U.S. consortium that runs Chelsea. It isn’t a coincidence, then, that they convinced their friends to help them make a profit on a player who logged a grand total of 13 Premier League minutes last season.
Palace resist huge bids for Guehi 🚫
You have to give Crystal Palace some credit. Newcastle reportedly submitted four bids for Marc Guehi, going as high as £65 million, but Palace rejected all of them, knowing the hole he’d leave in their defense would cost them much more.
“Congrats to Crystal Palace, to the chairman, to the owners, to everyone, that they didn’t give in. Especially after the transfer of Joachim Andersen, it was very important that Marc stays,” Palace manager Oliver Glasner told reporters. “Thank you to Marc. We always were close and talking a lot. All of the rumours didn’t influence his performance, his mood, his (professionalism).
“He always told me he is not pushing to leave Crystal Palace, and that’s always for me the most important thing.”
Palace would’ve had next to no time to replace Guehi and have left it late enough to unveil Andersen’s replacement, Wolfsburg defender Maxence Lacroix. Andersen joined Fulham last week for a reported £30 million, with Lacroix on the way for around £15 million.
Guehi is coming off impressive showings with England at Euro 2024 and has two years remaining on his contract.
