Spurs snatch Moussa Sissoko from Everton at the 11th hour

Tottenham produced transfer deadline day’s version of a last-minute winner when they nicked Moussa Sissoko from under the noses of Everton on a night when the madness of football’s transfer system was truly underlined.

With spending in the summer transfer window having already passed £1bn (€1.2bn), the focus in the final 24 hours proved to be as much about the panic and mania of the market as the prices paid.

For Everton it was particularly painful. The Merseyside club agreed a fee of €35m with Newcastle for Sissoko and even had a plane on the runway ready to pick up the player when Spurs matched their bid at 10pm and whisked the winger down to London instead.