Transfer deadline day: Man City 'furious' as 'shambles' leaves wantaway Alexis Sanchez stranded

Mahrez, van Dijk and Costa moves also fail – but will Mesut Ozil leave Arsenal today?

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Arsenal's 4-0 defeat at Liverpool could be Alexis Sanchez's last game for the Gunners
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Chelsea's £35m purchase of Danny Drinkwater from Leicester City, Serge Aurier's £23m move from PSG to Tottenham and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's £35m switch from Arsenal to Liverpool were the standout deals on a relatively tame transfer deadline day.

Premier League clubs took their transfer deadline day spending to a record £210m before the window slammed shut, but some of the most anticipated moves failed to come off. Despite feverish speculation linking them to big-money moves, Alexis Sanchez, Virgil van Dijk, Riyad Mahrez, Diego Costa and Ross Barkley all woke up this morning at the same respective clubs.

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