Overview

• Liverpool concluded a spending spree reported at over £400m, twice breaking the British transfer record to land Florian Wirtz and deadline‑day signing Alexander Isak for around £125m.
• An agreed £35m move for Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi collapsed after he completed a medical, with Palace halting the transfer when no replacement arrived; multiple reports say Guehi is angry about the decision.
• Palace’s internal tensions spilled into public view, with chairman Steve Parish previously open to a sale and manager Oliver Glasner insisting Guehi stay without a suitable replacement, a stance he underlined in recent media comments.
• The use of refusal‑to‑train tactics is under fresh scrutiny after Isak forced his move, with John Barnes calling it an unwelcome new reality and Viktor Gyökeres offering a sympathetic view of player leverage; Alan Shearer criticised the approach.
• Mohamed Salah rebuked a Liverpool fan account for a post he called disrespectful toward last season’s title‑winning squad, while Galatasaray’s push for Ilkay Gündoğan continued under UEFA’s Champions League registration deadline, with reports describing the move as developing.