Transfer deadline day: Isak, Wissa, Donnarumma, Guehi

The transfer window - characterised by striking strikers and high-intrigue hijackings - enters the final phase of the mad scramble to strengthen before the shutters come down on Monday (19:00 BST).

In what has been a chaotic period and a window to remember, even by usual transfer standards, there will be one last hectic dash with the shopping trolley before normal service resumes and football will be the focus.

One player and one deal has cast a giant shadow over the window, as Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak downed tools in his attempt to force a move to Liverpool.

Newcastle's own efforts to bring in strikers - after a string of rejection slips - has led them to Stuttgart's Nick Woltemade, making it increasingly likely that Isak will clear the increasingly toxic air around Tyneside by moving to Anfield.

One of the most dramatic twists, in a window where Premier League clubs have so far spent a record £2.73bn, led to Eberechi Eze changing course across north London to join Arsenal in a deal worth £60m.

Spurs had finally agreed a deal after long negotiations and had the welcome mat ready until the Gunners stepped in to snatch the boyhood Arsenal fan, who was at the club until he was 13.

The Gunners are the biggest net spenders so far this summer (£248m) and travel to the top overall transfer spenders Liverpool (£290m) on Sunday.

And while the Isak saga and Arsenal's Eze coup may be the headline grabbers, the twists and turns elsewhere have made this arguably the most dramatic transfer window of recent years - with more to come before it closes.

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