PETER CROUCH: Excitement, nerves and everything to prove at Burnley

Beneath the hype and the drama comes the emotion. You may think transfer deadline day is all glitz and glamour but the reality is different.

I had a feeling my time at Stoke was going to end but I only knew in the final 24 hours of the window that the longest chapter of my club career was going to close, presenting a fresh and unexpected challenge.

Moving on deadline day is something I had experienced before.

In August 2011, I joined Stoke from Tottenham and one of my abiding memories of that day is Tony Pulis asking his canteen staff to make a curry for us as the clock ticked down while we waited for Daniel Levy to sign off his side of the deal.

So much changes at football clubs but it is the…