Scrambling around for second-rate strikers at 11pm isn’t the way business should be done

Manchester United, Chelsea, and Tottenham were all left scrambling forforwards on what was a damp squib of a transfer deadline day as last-minute panic left United desperately trying to seal a deal for random target Odion Ighalo.

All three of those Premier League clubs went into the final day of the window desperate to sign a forward to save their season and torecreate the drama of previous years when the likes of Robbie Keane, Jermaine Defoe, Lucas Moura, Carlos Tevez, Luis Suarez, and Wayne Rooney made dramatic big-money moves to beat the deadline.