Manchester United on transfer deadline day: all the news and rumours as they happened

There was some talk of the Brazilian youngster going out on loan - with Valencia at the front of the queue - but Jose Mourinho has vetoed that, and given the 21-year-old a squad number for the season. 

There's absolutely nothing happening at Old Trafford, of course, so here's Karel Poborsky signing for Manchester United back in July 1996.

Apparently not, at least not to Hull.

And Jose Mourinho may be about to do his mate and former CSKA Moscow manager a favour by letting him have the England U-19 defender Axel Tuanzebe on loan at Hull City.

It's Neil Custis's story and it has made the name of the Chelsea forward 'trend' in Manchester. He's in Porto Alegre at the moment, preparing to play Ecuador tonight. Is it even logistically possible even if Roman Abramovich loses his mind (and deliberately provokes Antonio Conte) by agreeing to sell him. 

For a rumour that Riyad Mahrez is going to Chelsea and United will make a late bid for Willian. Horse, undoubtedly, but thought I'd pass it on. 

If Manchester City can spend more than£100m on full-backs and Everton 40m-plus for Gylfi Sigurdsson, it begs the question: How much could you fetch in this current market?  Well, our colleagues Mike Wright and Patrick Scott have come up with a way of finding out. Have ago, let us know your worth and you're welcome.

Here's Sir Alex Ferguson's fave rave Nani, champion of Europe for club and country, completing his medical at Lazio. 

We know he's moving somewhere toady. Or we think we know and United have been weighing up a move for a wide midfielder, particularly Ivan Perisic but couldn't get Inter to sell or Persisic to turn his head. Not sure Mahrez is the kind of player Mourinho would be able to bend to his will but the rumours persist.

The string bean central midfielder is understood to be interesting Wolves on a season-long loan but Wanderers' treatment of Cameron Borthwick-Jackson last season may be a stumbling block. Jose Mourinho would not want McTominay to be a peripheral figure at Molineux if he's being allowed to leave only for first-team football.

Matty Willock goes to Utrecht for the season.

A transfer deadline day blog this season for Manchester United is akin to Alexei Sayle's stint as the gossip columnist for What's On in Stoke Newington. All you need is a big piece of  paper, a pen and two words.

Nonetheless, having gone big and gone early - Viktor Lindelof, Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic - and managed their disposals adroitly - Wayne Rooney and Adnan Januzaj plus sending Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Sam Johnstone out on loan - there's not a great deal ... probably anything ... left to do.

Still, United have habitually made major signings on deadline day in the past - Rooney in 2004, Dimitar Berbatov in 2008, Marouane Fellaini in 2013, Radamel Falcao in 2014 and Anthony Martial in 2015 - but nothing of similar magnitude is at all likely today, unless Jose Mourinho has kept the usual suspects out of the loop for once. 

Diario Gol, a Spanish website, is reporting that United are still pursuing Gareth Bale and are also willing to make a £50m offer for Marco Asensio. But given that Mbappe seems to be off limits after PSG's extraordinary loan deal, why would Real Madrid sell an established galactico and and emerging one? What would they do with the money? There's no one who could match their impact on and off the pitch left to buy and with Real Madrid the marketing, the desire to pitch the 'world's most successful club' as the natural home for the game's most expensive, best (non Barcelona) players, remains crucial to Florentino Perez's business plan.