Transfer deadline day: Spurs go for Chelsea duo as Aston Villa splash the cash

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Tottenham are set to make a double signing from Chelsea after agreeing deals to take Mykhailo Mudryk on loan and buy Tosin Adarabioyo.

The move for Mudryk will reunite Roberto De Zerbi with a player he coached at Shakhtar Donetsk before the midfielder was sold to Chelsea in an £89million deal in 2023.

However, Mudryk only returned from a 20-month suspension last month after returning an adverse finding for the banned substance meldonium in 2024.

Western Sydney Wanderers vs Chelsea – Pre Season Friendly – Accor Stadium
Tosin Adarabioyo will also head from Chelsea to Tottenham (Robbie Stephenson/PA)
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The Press Association understands his loan deal will include a £75m option to make the deal permanent.

Meanwhile, Adarabioyo is set to join for a fee of £7m, a deal which will allow Kevin Danso to join Sunderland.

Another player leaving Stamford Bridge is striker Marc Guiu, who has joined RB Leipzig on a five-year deal for £14.5m, bringing to an end a two-year stay at Stamford Bridge.

The 20-year-old joined from Barcelona in 2024 for £5m but struggled to make an impact, making only 11 Premier League appearances and failing to score.

Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign 18-year-old defender Honest Ahanor from Atalanta next summer, but the defender will spend this season in the Premier League on loan at Crystal Palace.

After a summer of departures Aston Villa have made a double move on deadline day, signing Senegal winger Ibrahim Mbaye from Paris St Germain in a reported club-record £47m deal, and completing a move for England defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis from Southampton.

Everton have agreed a deal to take Jack Grealish on another season-long loan from Manchester City, PA understands.

Grealish, 30, moved to the Hill Dickinson stadium on loan last summer but, after scoring two goals and registering six assists in an impressive first half of the campaign, he suffered a stress fracture in his foot in January.

Everton v Crystal Palace – Premier League – Hill Dickinson Stadium
Jack Grealish is set for another loan spell with Everton (Nigel French/PA)

The deal for Grealish to return to Everton comes at the same time as City have agreed a fee worth up to £65m for Toffees winger Iliman Ndiaye.

Arsenal have sold Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus to Barcelona, with the 29-year-old signing a three-year contract with the Spanish champions.

He was one of two departures announced by the Gunners on deadline day, with Fabio Vieira also making a permanent move to Bundesliga club Hamburg.

Gabriel Jesus in action for Arsenal
Gabriel Jesus has joined Barcelona (John Walton/PA)

Premier League newcomers Hull have signed German striker Ilyas Ansah from Bundesliga side Union Berlin for an undisclosed fee.

The 21-year-old has agreed a five-year contract with the Tigers and becomes the club’s 13th signing securing promotion to the top flight.

And PA understands Sunderland are working on a deal for Lyon winger Malick Fofana.

The 21-year-old Belgium international has been given permission to travel to the north east to wrap up a move which would see him sign a contract until 2031.

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