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22:416 days ago
Done dealDaniel Osei
Northvale sign Bekele for £180m — it is confirmed
The paperwork was filed at 22:36, five minutes before the deal sheet deadline. Six-year contract, £410k a week, with add-ons tied to Champions League qualification in either of the next two seasons.

Northvale have not published the announcement yet — expect it on the hour.
PermanentS. BekeleRivermouth → Northvale£180m
22:286 days ago
BreakingInes Ferreira
Ashford pull out of the Halvorsen deal
Ashford City have formally ended talks. The sticking point was never the fee — it was a sell-on clause the selling club refused to cap.

Ashford City @AshfordCityFC
The club can confirm that negotiations regarding a potential transfer have concluded. We will make no further comment this evening.
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22:066 days ago
ReactionMarco Ruiz
“We were told a different number at 6pm”
Rivermouth’s sporting director spoke to us on the way into the ground, and did not sound like a man who had just banked £180m.

“We were told a different number at six o’clock, and a different one again at nine. That is the market now. You do not negotiate, you wait.”
Rivermouth sporting director
21:446 days ago
VideoMarco Ruiz
Watch: the medical that finished 40 minutes ago
Our camera outside the training ground caught the arrival at 20:52 and the departure at 21:31 — a fast medical by any standard.

Deadline day, outside the training ground 01:12
21:196 days ago
Done dealDaniel Osei
Okonjo joins Ashford on loan with an obligation to buy
A season-long loan with an obligation set at £34m, triggered on twenty appearances. Ashford pay 100% of the wages.
LoanC. OkonjoNorthvale → Ashford CityLoan + £34m
20:526 days ago
ImageInes Ferreira
He is in the building
The north gate at 20:41. Roughly 300 supporters are still waiting outside.
20:156 days ago
BreakingDaniel Osei
Deal sheet filed — Northvale have until 01:00 to complete
A deal sheet buys two extra hours past the 23:00 deadline, provided both clubs have agreed terms in writing before it is submitted. Northvale filed theirs at 20:11.
19:306 days ago
ReactionMarco Ruiz
Nine clubs, one striker, and a wage structure nobody wants to talk about
Four of the clubs still in this race have internal wage ceilings below the number being discussed. Two have already broken them tonight.

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Transfer deadline day — live

Northvale sign Bekele for £180m — it is confirmed

Ashford pull out of the Halvorsen deal

“We were told a different number at 6pm”

Watch: the medical that finished 40 minutes ago

Okonjo joins Ashford on loan with an obligation to buy

He is in the building

Deal sheet filed — Northvale have until 01:00 to complete

Nine clubs, one striker, and a wage structure nobody wants to talk about

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