Well that was disappointing. And we had to suffer that twat on Sky Sports News who sits there with 10 mobile phones pretending people are calling him and he knows what’s going on.

Here are the confirmed moves on a muted transfer deadline day…

Hassan Yebda – Benfica to Portsmouth (season-long loan)
Tal Ben-Haim – Manchester City to Portsmouth (undisclosed fee)
Eidur Gudjohnsen – Barcelona to Monaco (undisclosed fee)
Radanfah Abu Bakr – Caledonia AIA Fire to Swansea (undisclosed fee)
Danny Collins – Sunderland to Stoke City (£2.75m)
Dmytro Chygrynskiy – Shakhtar Donetsk to Barcelona (£22.1m)
Miguel Torres – Real Madrid to Getafe (undisclosed fee)
Henrique – Barcelona to Racing Santander (season-long loan)
Darren O’Dea – Celtic to Reading (six-month loan)
Xisco – Newcastle to Racing Santander (season-long loan)
Kerlon – Internazionale to Ajax (season-long loan)
Leigh Bromby – Sheffield United to Leeds United (undisclosed fee)
Ben Watson – Wigan to QPR (six-month loan)
Richard Dunne – Manchester City to Aston Villa (£6m)
Grant Leadbitter and Carlos Edwards – Sunderland to Ipswich (combined fee could rise to £3.95m)
Jerome Rothen – Paris St Germain to Rangers (season-long loan)
Ivan Klasnic – Nantes to Bolton Wanderers (season-long loan)
Zheng Zhi – To Celtic (unattached)
Johnny Heitinga – Atlético Madrid to Everton (£6m)
Ibrahima Sonko – Stoke City to Hull City (season-long loan)
James Collins – West Ham to Aston Villa (£5m)
Mike Williamson – Watford to Portsmouth (£3m)
Niko Kranjcar – Portsmouth to Tottenham (undisclosed fee)
Teemu Tainio – Sunderland to Birmingham City (season-long loan)
David Nugent – Portsmouth to Burnley (six-month loan)
David Elm – Kalmar to Fulham (undisclosed fee)
Radanfah Abu Bakr – To Swansea (unattached)
David Carney – Sheffield United to FC Twente (undisclosed)
Borja Valero – West Brom to Real Mallorca (loan)
Adam Barton – Preston to Crawley (loan)
Dominic Collins – Preston to Crawley (loan)
Alvaro Saborio – FC Sion to Bristol City (loan)
Evander Sno – Ajax to Bristol City (loan)
Claude Davis – To Crystal Palace (unattached)
Hameur Bouazza – To Blackpool (unattached)
Jack Wilson – Hibs to Doncaster (free)

Man City are continuing their relentless pursuit of John Terry, with crazy figures like £300k per week being mooted in the press, in addition to a possible £30m transfer fee.

Is he worth it? Purely as a player, arguably not. He is 28, increasingly injury prone, and there are whisperings of impending vulnerability. But by signing Terry, Man City get so much more than just a footballer.

They would be buying respect, buying the attention of other clubs, other players… sending out a statement of intent. The best players do want to come here, we can attract the biggest names, we have taken the England captain from the (erstwhile) richest club in the country.

No-one wants to be first – Robinho was their biggest coup, attracting him to a club where he linked with Michael Ball and Darius Vassell down the left. That put them in the spotlight, and allowed them to sign the likes of Wayne Bridge and Craig Bellamy (in addition to the vast funds of course). That in turn attracted Given, then Barry and Santa Cruz, then Tevez, then Adebayor… The very definition of a multiplier effect.

Terry would take them to the next level. Who do they go for after him?

Rafa has obviously been reading this (or, more likely, watching his performances in the Premiership) and Liverpool have confirmed interest in Amr Zaki.

Read about it here.