It is fair to say that the summer transfer deadline day of 2017 will be remembered more for the deals that failed to go through than any business that was completed in England, at least.
While the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Virgil van Dijk and Ross Barkley stole the headlines with their high profile on-off moves away from their respective clubs, Diafra Sakho did his best to steal the limelight.
The West Ham striker was due to report to the club's Chadwell Heath training ground at 11am on Wednesday, but instead boarded a flight to Rennes as he sought to push through a deadline day move.