English Premier League clubs took their transfer deadline day spending to a record £210m with a late flurry of deals but some of the highest-profile moves of the window failed to materialise. Despite top-flight clubs' total summer outlay reaching £1.4bn - another record - Alexis Sanchez, Virgil van Dijk, Riyad Mahrez, Thomas Lemar, Diego Costa and Ross Barkley all remained at their clubs.
The deadline-day record - breaking last year's £155m mark - was only confirmed well after the 23:00 BST deadline.
Chelsea's £35m signing of Danny Drinkwater and Mamadou Sakho's £26m move to Crystal Palace were both announced after 01:00 BST.
Chelsea signed Davide Zappacosta, Spurs recruited Swansea striker Fernando Llorente for £15m and the Welsh club replaced him with Wilfried Bony for £12m - all after the window had closed.
Philippe Coutinho, the subject of a rejected £114m bid from Barcelona earlier in August, remains a Liverpool player but could still move as the Spanish window does not close until 23:00 BST on Friday. Mahrez and Costa have also both been linked with moves to Spain, although the interest in those cases is less clear-cut.
The £1.4bn spent by Premier League clubs this summer also eclipsed the previous record of £1.120bn and is almost £1bn more than was paid out in transfer fees just five years ago, with clubs each spending an average of £71m (up from £58m in 2016).
Despite Manchester City's failure to sign deadline-day targets Sanchez and West Brom defender Jonny Evans, Pep Guardiola's side led the way - their £215m outlay is the biggest by any club in any transfer window.
The Premier League clubs' ability to pay such vast sums is largely linked to the fact they are entering the second season of a three-year £5.136bn TV deal.
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