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1801: Well that's it for the live updates from safc.com's transfer window special, expect late news of deals to filter through after the dealine has passed. We'll be back with minute-by-minute commentary on tonight's reserve clash at the Stadium of Light around 7pm. See you there!
1800: TRANSFER WINDOW HAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED
1800: DONE DEAL: Former Sunderland star Ian Harte has joined Reading
1759: DONE DEAL: Bizarre deal of the day, West Bromwich Albion have signed Rochdale defender Craig Dawson and immediately loaned him back to the League One outfit for the 2010-11 campaign.
1758: DONE DEAL: Birmingham City have signed Chile winger Jean Beausejour. KS
1758: DONE DEAL: Blackpool have sealed a move for Leicester City's DJ Campbell. KS
1755: SAFC's social networking sites are going mental in response to the club's record breaking signing. Here's a taster:
Derek Kwok Finally a done deal!! Welcome Gyan!!
John Quinn get in brucey lad.....chuffed to bits
Steve McDowell Its Done!.....HAWAY THE LADS....CMON!
MackemMan @SAFCofficial get in there! Can't wait to see Bent and Gyan together.
1751: Gyan deal seems to be going down well on Twitter and Facebook. Stay tuned to safc.com for the World Cup's star's first interview as a Sunderland player. KS
1746: DONE DEAL: Steve Bruce gets his man! Asamoah Gyan is officially a Black Cat. KS
1746: DONE DEAL: Free agent defender Jonathan Fortune has rejoined Charlton. KS
1736: DONE DEAL(S): Arsenal's Armand Traore has joined Juventus on loan for a season, whilst Liverpool defender Emiliano Insua has joined Galatsarray on a season-long loan.
1730: Contrary to reports Sunderland AFC have not yet completed a deal for Asamoah Gyan. Officials continue to work hard behind the scenes and safc.com will bring you any confirmed news as soon as we have it.
1723: Less than 45 minutes of the transfer window left to go. KS
1711: Another comeback predicted on Facebook, Scott Dixon: "jeff whitley inline for a sensational return at 5.59pm!" KS
1707: Further Black Cats fans playing hawk-eye on Facebook: "Gyan and N'zogbia are currently at the metro centre buying toys from the disney shop.", according to Marc Raw. KS
1705: DONE DEAL(S): Manchester City midfielder Adam Clayton has completed his permanent move to Leeds and AC Milan have signed City forward Robinho. KS
1655: From Facebook, Aron 'lcfc' Jackson: "hurry up and just sign Gyan so we can have Waggy." KS
1637: DONE DEAL(S): Alexei Eremenko has joined Kilmarnock on a season-long loan deal from Ukrainian side FC Metalist Kharkiv. Liverpool have signed 16-year-old Suso from FC Cadiz on a scholarship agreement and MTK Budapest's Adam Hajdu on a temporary transfer 'til June 2011. KS
1628: DONE DEAL: Brighton have signed Kazenga Lua Lua on loan from Newcastle until the end of the year. KS
1621: Spot of the day! Comes from kbutler88 on Twitter: "Just seen Milton Nunez buying a 'celebratory' bag of tripe in Jackie Whites market, comeback!" KS
1617: Join the Ronaldinho debate on our official Facebook page - www.facebook.com/safcofficial
1614: Andrew Clarson via www.facebook.com/safcofficial : "Lovin the ronaldinho rumours, personally, i think we have more chance of signing George Best, but its nice to dream!" KS
1610: DONE DEAL: Eighth deal within the last hour - it's hotting up - Manchester United starlet Tom Cleverley has sealed a season-long loan move to Wigan Athletic. KS
1606: Calum Mills on Facebook: "anybody no owt about N'Zogbia or this random news of Ronalidinho?!" KS
1600: The clock's struck four, we've two hours left of this summer's transfer window and we've got one of the most random rumours of the day, cited on BBC and on Facebook, suggesting Steve Bruce will attempt to bring Ronaldinho to the Stadium of Light. KS
1553: DONE DEAL(S): Celtic have signed former Sunderland striker Anthony Stokes from Hibernian on a four-year deal and Birmingham have finally dotted the i's and crossed the t's on the Alexander Hleb loan deal from Barcelona. KS
1546: Michael Hammond has just emailed safc.com with the following: "I've just seen N'Zog and Gyan both buying some new football boots from First Sport in the Bridges!" Wonder if they're shopping together or separately ? KS
1537: Ryan Babel, Mark Schwarzer and Carlton Cole all trending in the Twitter-sphere. KS
1536: DONE DEAL: Coming in thick and fast now - Birmingham City have completed the signing of Spartak Moscow captain Martin Jiranek. KS
1532: Mikey Johnson believes we've got a transfer-triangle on our hands: "gyan needs to hurry up and go to sunderland, then waghorn comes to leicester and DJ goes to blackpool." KS
1531: DKDickson: "Can you imagine what Jim White would do if Messi moved to Sunderland? He might explode into a cloud of exaggeration and garbage... KS
1525: Wishful thinking on Twitter, baker01: "If I press F6 does that mean we will sell someone?" KS
1522: DONE DEAL: Another one down... Reading have signed Blackburn defender Zurab Khizanishvili on a season-long loan deal. KS
1521: Transfer deadline day madness is kicking in on Twitter, sounessmay17: "F5, F5, F5, F5, F5 and still no reports of Gyan signing. I'm going crazy waiting.." KS
1513: DONE DEAL(S): Kate's back in the hotseat and just at that deals have been done. Bolton have signed forward Rodrigo Moreno from Benfica on a season-long loan, subject to international clearance and Paul Konchesky has moved to Liverpool,with Lauri Dalla Valle and Alex Kacaniklic going in the other direction, joining Fulham. KS
1439: Birmingham's official Twitter says no deal yet for Alexander Hleb. SV
1433: Best transfer shout so far from Nigel Tutty: "N'Zogbia's on the Metro, sat in those dodgy seats next to the driver's cab!" SV
1428: BBC linking SAFC with Charles N'Zogbia. SV
1427: Thedickbrown on Twitter: "Messi just text me asking if he could crash on my couch as he's signing for a premiership club in North East in red and white." SV
1416: DONE DEAL(S) Yuki Abe, a Japanese international, has joined Leicester City from Urawa Red Diamonds. Meanwhile, Tranmere sign both Jermaine Grandison and Arnaud Mendy on loan from Coventry and Derby respectively.
1404: Dave Keys on email: "I believe Kevin Phillips is having an experimental treatment to make him 10 years younger before he returns to the Stadium of Light on a free." Interesting. SV
1400: Four hours to go. SV
1359: AmyArmx on Twitter: "Are we linked with any other players apart from Gyan and N'Zogbia? I really hope we sign Gyan though!" SV
1346: Sky Sports claim Anthony Stokes' move to Celtic is "all but done". Daryl Murphy is, of course, already at Celtic Park. SV
1343: DONE DEAL Ooh, a deal's gone through. Leeds' Lubo Michalik to Carlisle on loan. Wish there was something more to report! SV
1341: MickyWelshSAFC on Birmingham's move for Hleb: "Bit disappointed, would have liked Hleb at #SAFC if I'm honest..." SV
1340: Domestic storm for Nicola Hendry on Twitter? "I might have to take the football banter down a peg or two, as I think my Geordie boyfriend is re-evaluating our relationship today!" SV
1337: James Rattenbury on Facebook: "Gyan is looking like the only signing today unfortunately!" SV
1334: A number of deals seem to be close around the country but nothing yet. Also, no news SAFC-wise. Sorry! SV
1322: DONE DEAL: Blackpool have signed Wycombe winger Matt Phillips for an initial £325,000, according to the League Two club. SV
1321: Only six deals confirmed around the country so far. Could we be set for a busy afternoon? Here's hoping. SV
1318: Widely reported that Alexander Hleb has signed for Birmingham, but nothing on the club's official website yet. Good signing from Brum if it comes off. SV
1316: The interweb is saying former Sunderland defender Alan Hutton hasn't joined the Scotland squad as he is working on a move back to Rangers (BBC from Twitter). SV
1315: We're having problems getting on Facebook, hence the lack of Facey B-flavoured updates. SV
1314: According to Sky Sports, Premier League clubs have spent just a touch over £306m in the current transfer window so far. Well, mostly Manchester City. SV
1312: More from Twitter: " - Just seen Cristiano Ronaldo coming out of the AoL, reports say he's unsettled at Real Madrid and wants to move to a bigger club!" SV
1310: DONE DEAL Salif Diao returns to Stoke on a two-year contract. SV
1256: AmyArmx tweets: "I really hope Gyan comes to SAFC I think in the World Cup he proved he's a fantastic player for his country so fingers crossed." SV
1251: Site Editor Stu reporting for duty. I'm back after a brief lunch. Straight into the transfer news. SV
1250: Top tip from dhaikney on Twitter: "Is he Ghana sign or what? If I press F5 loads will that help speed the deal up? KS
1243: DONE DEAL Croatian keeper Stipe Pletikosa has arrived at Tottenham from Spartak Moscow on a season-long loan KS
1239: Robinho has landed in Italy, could he seal a move to AC MIlan before the deadline? KS
1237: Anyone agree with Jon Searancke who commented on Facebook: "Would hate to see Reid go" KS
1235: wiggywoos is making a plea on Twitter: "Don't let Waggy go.. loan maybe but not to be sold :-(" KS
1232: 'Bacon Sandwich Gate' is going down well on Twitter. KS
1220: Kate's taking over on the updates whilst Stu takes a well-deserved break to give his typing fingers a rest. KS
1217: Jonathon Maddison on Facebook: "Hope we sign N'zog, we need a pacey winger seems Richardson plays Left back now! Ha'way Gyan and N'zog would get the fans to the stadium." SV
1215: Controversy at the training ground! Sky Sports' David Craig turns his nose up at a bacon sandwich, citing a lack of sauce. Training ground staff can confirm that a number of condiments were offered but Mr Craig chose not to mention this!!! SV
1213: Mark - Healy's not in the squad because he's on international duty. SV
1200: Mark Hodgson emails: "Reid and McCartney going nowhere if in reserve squad tonight …Healy not in squad, so on way out?" SV
1158: DONE DEAL Leeds sign Honduras international Ramon Nunez. SV
1152: Random on BBC updates! "I'm spending my summer hols camped outside Selhurst Park looking for Palace signings. Few others here saying they've seen Bolo Zenden coming out of the Stadium." SV
1145: More from OfficialAHBell: "Club shop gaffer is goin radge as scenes of Zog to Stoke r shown on SSN "what am I going to do with all the apostrophes now!?" SV
1145: Reserve team news now on the site. SV
1136: Quick ticketing update on the Wigan game - seats almost sold out. Get yours quick if you haven't already! SV
1133: Jam1esm1th via Twitter: "2 in 3 out. We still don't have replacements for cana n jones so that should be priority, get rid of a few but keep waggy!" SV
1131: We're like cats on hot bricks waiting for any potential calls. I'm sure you all are too. SV
1129: We're having some problems with the auto-refresh on the page, so I'm afraid it's good old F5 to manually refresh. Keep it here for constant transfer updates. SV
1128: More predictions coming in, with fans expecting a busy day at the SoL. Keep 'em coming! SV
1125: DONE DEAL Couple of transfers from the lower leagues as Marlon Pack joins Cheltenham on loan from Portsmouth and Josh Payne of Doncaster goes on loan to Oxford. SV
1122: Gyan's still trending, as is Heskey and Hleb. SV
1119: It's been a cagey start to the day - only two deals completed nationwide so far. Things will most probably hot up this afternoon around the country. SV
1118: Plenty of predictions on Twitter, most fans expecting between three and five deals (in and out) to be completed today. If that's to come to pass, it's going to be a busy afternoon. SV
1116: Rumours suggesting former Sunderland striker Anthony Stokes is heading to Celtic to link up with Daryl Murphy. SV
1114: We're just getting team news in for the reserves. More on safc.com as soon as we can. Meanwhile Gyan and N'Zogbia look like fans' favourites to arrive today. But will anyone leave? We'll have to wait and see. SV
1109: In random news, it's free car parking at the SoL for tonight's game. Rock and roll. SV
1103: Rather random rumour - Lee Cattermole to Manchester United? SV
1102: Prediction time - How many deals (including ins and outs) do you think will be done by Sunderland today? Let us know on Facebook and Twitter. SV
1101: DONE DEAL Birmingham's Marcus Bent joins Wolves on loan until January. First Premier League deal of the day. SV
1100: Another striker linked, as Melanie Taylor says: "Has anyone else heard anything about us signing Tuncay?" SV
1056: Lee Willingdale's eagle eyes: "Just seen Charles N'zogbia drive past in Sunderland." SV
1055: Few fans taken aback by Sky Sports reporting Bent to Wolves - it's Marcus of Birmingham, not Sunderland's four-goal hitman. SV
1053: Interesting stuff - the Sunderland Echo are reporting that Wigan are interested in Andy Reid and David Healy. SV
1040: Michael McAskill tweets: "I would like us to sign Charles N'Zogbia, Asamoah Gyan and Taye Taiwo." SV
1031: The internet is buzzing with rumours that supposed Sunderland target Charles N'Zogbia is being targeted by Stoke. SV
1024: DONE DEAL Reading's Gylfi Sigurdsson joins Hoffenheim from Reading for between £4m-£6m. That's the first deal of the day over the line. SV
1024: Gyan (as in Asamoah) is now a trending topic on Twitter. SV
1011: As an aside, don't forget the Tyne-Wear reserve derby at the SoL tonight. A number of senior players should be on show as Sunderland's second string take on Newcastle. KO 7pm, admission FREE for season card holders. SV
1003: Genius tweet just in from officialAHBell. He says: "just walked past the club shop at the SoL. They were taking delivery of a truckload of iron-on apostrophes. #nzogbia." SV
0958: Gyan rumours are everywhere. Eight hours to go. SV
0952: Marcus on Twitter: "Hope Waghorn stays and we don't accept the alleged offer from Leicester. If we sign N'Zogbia and Gyan I'd be happy." SV
0951: Not too much transfer news around the country so far. Surely things will begin to heat up soon? SV
0941: "Titus Bramble bargain of the season!!!" says Rob Raine on Facebook. SV
0939: SUNDERLAND RUMOUR: Rumours on the BBC suggesting Martyn Waghorn could be on the verge of a £2m move to Leicester City. SV
0933: OllieJ gets involved via Twitter. He chips in: "N'zogbia and gyan would be great! i wanna see waghorn stay now that campbell is injured. the lad's gonna be a quality player." SV
0931: "Don't think Keane would come but I personally wouldn't want him anyway after he snubbed us when Peter Reid was in charge!", says Michelle McCabe on Facebook. SV
0927: Plenty going on around the web. The Twitterati and Facebook crew are in full flow and we've got plenty of rumours coming in. Keep it up! SV
0924: James in Roker's been on. "Just seen Robbie Keane exiting Gregg's in the Bridges. He was taking advantage of the bacon butty and coffee breakfast deal." SV
0919: Luke Spuhler: "Apparently Sunderland manager Steve Bruce has confirmed he has made an enquiry to sign Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart on loan." SV
0915: Paul's at work in Washington: "Get N'Zogbia in!" he says. "Gyan would be lovely as well, I'll be checking the blog all day." You're in the right place, Paul. SV
0907: It's exciting, isn't it? Under nine hours to go now! Rumours flying around everywhere - remember you'll hear about any arrivals and departures FIRST here on safc.com. SV
0900: Writing on Facebook, Rab Stewart says he wants to see Rod Fanni and Charles N'Zogbia join today. SV
0853: Allyb1979 on Twitter: "b v happy if we get gyan&n'zogbia,shipping couple out would b canny 2.glued 2 web 2day hope work arent expecting productivity!" Stay right here with us, Ally. SV
0847: Who's going to be the first transfer of the day? Gylfi Sigurdsson to Hoffenheim looks a likely contender. SV
0847: Facebook is going mad with potential targets, including Asamoah Gyan, Charles N'Zogbia, Shay Given, Gary Rowell (!) and Alan Hutton. SV
0843: Just a recap. The transfer window officially closes at 6pm, so all deals must be done before then, including getting the relevant paperwork to the correct parties in time. After that, managers can't get players in until January, barring emergency loans in extreme circumstances and free agents. Don't forget, bosses must name their 25-man squad tomorrow, too. SV
0838: LaurenFah on Twitter: "Gyan and N'Zogbia would complete the squad in my opinion. We don't want too many signings. Wish we had Hutton back though." SV
0836: Mick Days is first in on the email. "My mate's a taxi driver and he's just taken Robbie Keane to the Bridges". Nice try. SV
0825: We're going all interactive today. Our official Twitter (www.twitter.com/safcofficial) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/safcofficial) pages are buzzing already, and we'll be publishing the best comments on the site throughout the day. Who do you want to see at the SoL? Heard any rumours? Get involved. Alternatively, send your comments to webmaster@safc.com. SV
0823: Good morning, and welcome to safc.com's live coverage of the final day of the summer transfer window. I'm safc.com Editor Stu Vose, while Kate Smith will also be pitching in with today's coverage. We'll be bringing you constant transfer updates from around the country, but most importantly from the Stadium of Light. Remember, the rumours may well be flying but we're the ONLY place that can bring you confirmed, OFFICIAL transfer news. As soon as the contract is signed, we'll be all over it. Keep logging on throughout the day, or why not leave the page open? It'll refresh automatically so you can dip in and out when you wish. Bring it on! SV
