Best Tweets of Summer Transfer Deadline Day 2017
31 August 2017 • By - Owen Holland
Relive the Summer Transfer Deadline Day of 2017 by taking a look at a collection of the best tweets covering stories from an eventful day.
Sky Sports News interrupts Jamie Carragher
Carra is less than impressed when he is interrupted in the middle of a live interview to go to some breaking news…
Jamie Carragher sums up how we all feel about #DeadlineDay on Sky Sports News ? pic.twitter.com/sTGgCUJLFh
— Weekend Football (@weekendfootball) August 31, 2017
He is even less impressed once they cut back to him and he has heard the breaking news…
Come on @Carra23 ?? pic.twitter.com/yz7i0tBFmn
— Anfield Leak (@AnfieldLeak) August 31, 2017
Meanwhile, at Arsenal…
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain escapes Wenger and seals a move to Liverpool.
-Come on give me a hug, you’ve been through hell.
-I was a wingback, they played me alongside Ramsey.
-I know mate, I know. All over now. pic.twitter.com/Fa26BB2hv0— LFC Player Ratings (@PlayerLfc) August 31, 2017
To make matters worse, Arsenal may also have to say goodbye to a club legend…
BREAKING: Gunnersaurus has handed in a transfer request, after 23 years at Arsenal. #DeadlineDay pic.twitter.com/ofJ5UM47gJ
— SPORF (@Sporf) August 31, 2017
Swansea re-sign Bony
The Welsh club’s announcement video for re-signing the Ivorian striker was awesome.
We’ll go wild, wild, wild… ? pic.twitter.com/JljASfbhEz
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) August 31, 2017
No deal
Several players with quite public intentions to leave their respective clubs didn’t get their way and will presumably have to pick up their toys and put them back in the pram.
Van Dijk, Coutinho and Sanchez returning to training?? pic.twitter.com/uoJNRRNHTf
— Sports Funnies (@SportsFunnies) August 31, 2017
Alexis Sanchez left disappointed…
#DeadlineDay mood pic.twitter.com/ZQy086M4LH
— B/R Football (@brfootball) August 31, 2017
Ross Barkley gets cold feet
Allegedly, Ross Barkley was close to sealing a move to Chelsea and was undergoing a medical. However, he eventually decided that he didn’t want to join the West London club.
Ross Barkley’s Chelsea career #DeadlineDay pic.twitter.com/i7zREnQSPz
— GeniusFootball (@GeniusFootball) August 31, 2017
That’s all, folks
As the clock struck 11pm, the curtain came down on what turned out to be yet another transfer deadline day full of unexpected twists and turns.
The whistle has been blown on the summer transfer window ?#DeadlineDay pic.twitter.com/14NTJUOl98
— Premier League USA (@PLinUSA) August 31, 2017