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Transfer deadline: Full transfer list
SEE the full list of transfers that were finalised on the last day of the January transfer window.
Jermain Defoe is hoping to kickstart his career at Portsmouth after his last-minute arrival from Tottenham on transfer deadline day.
See the full deadline day transfer list below
The England striker's switch was left in the balance as the clock ticked towards midnight, with Pompey boss Harry Redknapp waiting to see if Benjani Mwaruwari would clinch a transfer to Manchester City before rubber-stamping Defoe's deal.
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The late twist was that Defoe's transfer was confirmed with minutes to spare, in anticipation of Benjani's departure for City - something which never happened, because the paperwork could not be completed before the deadline.
Benjani flew to Manchester last night in a frantic attempt to complete a medical and agree terms but will now have to return south.
City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson missed out on Benjani but did manage to sign 19-year-old Ecuador striker Felipe Caicedo in a 5million switch from FC Basle - while midfielder Ousmane Dabo left for Lazio.
Middlesbrough completed their anticipated club-record swoop for Brazil striker Afonso Alves, after he was handed a work permit on appeal.
The 27-year-old agreed terms on a four-and-a-half-year deal and passed a medical this week and will join from Heerenveen, subject to international clearance.
The exact fee has not been revealed but exceeds the 8.1million Boro paid for Massimo Maccarone in 2002.
Tottenham overcame reports that Brazilian left-back Gilberto had failed a medical to sign the Hertha Berlin defender, who was out of contract with the Bundesliga club at the end of the season.
Having also brought in defenders Jonathan Woodgate, Alan Hutton and Chris Gunter this month, Spurs boss Juande Ramos has allowed Anthony Gardner to leave on loan for Everton - while Paul Stalteri has also joined Fulham until the end of the season.
Last night's other main activity saw Newcastle defender David Rozehnal join Lazio on loan for the rest of the campaign, while Liverpool denied reports that they had signed long-term loan midfielder Javier Mascherano on a permanent deal - although the Argentinian's advisors are thought to have agreed a four-year contract.
Wigan signed Norwegian defender Erik Hagen, 32, on loan from Zenit St Petersburg until the end of the season.
Sunderland have also been active - bringing in Republic of Ireland midfielder Andy Reid, 25, in a deal which could be worth up to 4million, while Greg Halford moved on loan in the opposite direction and Graham Kavanagh has joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan.
It has been one in, one out at Bolton - who have taken Southampton front man Grzegorz Rasiak on loan for the rest of the campaign but allowed midfielder Christian Wilhelmsson to go out on loan to Spanish side Deportivo La Coruna.
Earlier yesterday, Fulham reunited Finland great Jari Litmanen with former national team boss Roy Hodgson, while also bringing in the striker's international team-mate Toni Kallio. The defender joins from Swiss side BSC Young Boys.
Derby, meanwhile, moved to plug their leaky defence with the signing of Everton stalwart Alan Stubbs.
They earlier completed the formalities of Roy Carroll's transfer from Rangers, with Rams goalkeeping rival Stephen Bywater heading to Ipswich on loan.
Fulham's hopes of signing Rangers striker Daniel Cousin were still unclear after FIFA claimed yesterday they had still to make a decision on his 3million transfer.
Cousin played 20 minutes of league football as a substitute for French club Lens before completing his summer switch to Rangers and FIFA regulations forbid a player from playing for more than two clubs in one season.
Newcastle tied up the signing of 17-year-old Atalanta player Fabio Zamblera.
In Scotland, Dundee United midfielder Barry Robson joined Celtic in a 1.25million deal after passing a medical this evening.
Rangers missed out on Andrea Caracciolo, who has joined Brescia, but they did sign Fulham midfielder Steve Davis on loan.
Although midnight is the official cut-off point for transfers, special dispensation to complete signings beyond that deadline can be sought - meaning all might not be lost for Benjani, City and Portsmouth.
TRANSFERS - DEADLINE DAY
Simon Ainge (Bradford - Halifax] Loan
Brian Allison (Falkirk - Stirling] Loan
Afonso Alves (Heerenveen - Middlesbrough] Undisclosed
Mikael Antoine-Curier (Hibernian - Dundee] Loan
Curtis Aspden (Hull - Farsley Celtic] Undisclosed
Matt Bailey (Wolves - Kidderminster] Loan
Matthew Bates (Middlesbrough - Norwich] Loan
Elliott Bennett (Wolves - Bury] Loan
Kevin Betsy (Bristol City - Walsall] Loan
Michael Blackwood (Kidderminster - Oxford] Loan
Leigh Bromby (Sheff Utd - Watford] 600,000
David Brown (Accrington - Rushden & Diamonds] Loan
Elliott Buchanan (Northwood - Stevenage] Undisclosed
Ronnie Bull (unattached - Ebbsfleet]
Lee Bullock (Hartlepool - Bradford] Free
Stephen Bywater (Derby - Ipswich] Loan
Felipe Caicedo (FC Basel - Man City] Undisclosed
Tony Caig (Gretna - Houston Dynamo] Free
Stuart Callaghan (Brechin - Berwick] Player exchange
Iain Campbell (Kilmarnock - Clyde] Loan
Roy Carroll (Rangers - Derby] Free
Jamie Clapham (Wolves - Leicester] Free
Billy Clarke (Ipswich - Falkirk] Loan
Nick Colgan (Barnsley - Ipswich] Free
Sam Collins (Hull - Hartlepool] Undisclosed
Lee Cook (Fulham - Charlton] Loan
Michael Corcoran (unattached - Rushden & Diamonds]
David Cowan (Gretna - Dundee] Loan
Dyron Daal (St Johnstone - Fuenlabrada] Free
Ousmane Dabo (Man City - Lazio] Undisclosed
Michal Danek (Viktoria Plzen - West Brom] Loan
Scott Dann (Walsall - Coventry] Undisclosed
Steven Davis (Fulham - Rangers] Loan
Anderson De Silva (Everton - Barnsley] Undisclosed
Gary Dempsey (Yeovil - St Patricks Athletic] Free
Iain Diack (Berwick - Brechin] Undisclosed plus player exchange
Jonny Dixon (Aldershot - Brighton] 56,000
Ian Dobbins (Montrose - Stranraer] Undisclosed
Craig Dobson (Stevenage - Milton Keynes Dons] Undisclosed
Nathan Elder (Brighton - Brentford] 35,000
Anthony Elding (Stockport - Leeds] Undisclosed
Stuart Elliott (Hull - Doncaster] Loan
George Elokobi (Colchester - Wolves] Undisclosed
John Eustace (Stoke - Watford] 250,000
Shaun Fagan (unattached - Clyde]
Leo Fortune-West (Cambridge - York] Loan
Paul Gallagher (Blackburn - Stoke] Loan
Anthony Gardner (Tottenham - Everton] Loan
Chris Geddes (Brechin - Forfar] Undisclosed
Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal - Norwich] Loan]
Billy Gibson (unattached - Clyde]
Gilberto (Hertha Berlin - Tottenham] Undisclosed
James Grady (Gretna - Hamilton] Free
Anthony Grant (Chelsea - Southend] Loan
Darren Gribben (unattached - Stranraer]
Rostyn Griffiths (Blackburn - Gretna] Loan
Erik Hagen (Zenit St Petersburg - Wigan] Loan
Steven Hammell (Southend - Motherwell] 110,000
Dean Hammond (Brighton - Colchester] 250,000
Jamie Harris (Dunfermline - St Patricks Athletic] Free
James Henry (Reading - Norwich] Loan
Paul Henry (Tranmere - The New Saints] Loan
Geoff Horsfield (Sheff Utd - Scunthorpe] Loan
Chris Hughes (Brechin - Albion] Free
Roddy Hunter (Albion - Montrose] Undisclosed
Michael Husbands (Macclesfield - AFC Telford] Free
Ben Hutchinson (Middlesbrough - Celtic] Undisclosed
Dougie Imrie (Clyde - Inverness CT] Undisclosed
Simeon Jackson (Rushden & Diamonds - Gillingham] 150,000
Jiri Jarosik (Celtic - FC Samara] Undisclosed
Ryan Jarvis (Norwich - Notts County] Loan
Allan Jenkins (Gretna - Morton] Undisclosed
Toni Kallio (BSC Young Boys - Fulham] Undisclosed
Graham Kavanagh (Sunderland - Sheff Wed] Loan
Przemyslaw Kazimierczak (Bolton - Darlington] Undisclosed
Darren Kenton (Leicester - Leeds] Undisclosed
Do-Heon Kim (Seongham Ilhwa Chunma - West Brom] Loan
Darryl Knights (Yeovil - Kidderminster] Loan
Artur Krysak (Birmingham - Gretna] Loan
Aaron Labonte (Dunfermline - Finn Harps] Free
Scott Laird (Plymouth - Stevenage] Undisclosed
Simon Lappin (Norwich - Motherwell] Loan
Neil Lennon (Nottm Forest - Wycombe] Free
Jari Litmanen (Malmo - Fulham] Free
David Livermore (Hull - Oldham] Loan
Paul Lunan (Forfar - Arbroath]
David Mannix (Ham Kam - Accrington] Free
Dave Martin (Crystal Palace - Millwall] 50,000
Willie Martin (Elgin - Albion] Undisclosed
Alan Maybury (Leicester - Aberdeen] Loan
Billy McKay (Leicester - Hinckley] Loan
Steve McKay (Peterhead - Elgin] Free
Rhys Meynell (Gretna - Barnsley] Loan
Lubomir Michalik (Bolton - Leeds] Undisclosed
Ishmael Miller (Man City - West Brom] 900,000
Vitezslav Mooc (unattached - Partick]
Ian Moore (Hartlepool - Tranmere] Undisclosed
Charlie Mulgrew (Wolves - Southend] Loan
Colin Nish (Kilmarnock - Hibs] Undisclosed
David Niven (Ross County - Elgin] Free
David Norris (Plymouth - Ipswich] Undisclosed
Lewin Nyatanga (Derby - Barnsley] Loan
Jim O'Brien (Celtic - Dundee Utd] Loan
Joe O'Cearuill (Barnet - St Patricks Athletic] Free
Gary O'Connot (Berwick - Stenhousemuir] Loan
David Partridge (Brentford - St Patricks Athletic] Free
Jim Paterson (Motherwell - Plymouth] Undisclosed
Alex Pearce (Reading - Norwich] Loan
Krystian Pearce (Birmingham - Port Vale] Loan
Lee Peltier (Liverpool - Yeovil] Undisclosed
Mark Randall (Arsenal - Burnley] Loan
Isaiah Rankin (Grimsby - Stevenage] Free
Grzegorz Rasiak (Southampton - Bolton] Loan
Carl Regan (Macclesfield - Milton Keynes Dons] Undisclosed
Andy Reid (Charlton - Sunderland] 4m
Craig Reid (Celtic - Queen of the South] Free
Barry Robson (Dundee Utd - Celtic] 1m
David Rozehnal (Newcastle - Lazio] Loan
Alan Sheehan (Leicester - Leeds] Loan
Enoch Showunmi (Bristol City - Sheff Wed] Loan
Rob Sinclair (Luton - Salisbury] Loan
Rudi Skacel (Southampton - Hertha Berlin] Loan
Paul Stalteri (Tottenham - Fulham] Loan
Alan Stubbs (Everton - Derby] Free
Shane Supple (Ipswich - Falkirk] Loan
Cleveland Taylor (Scunthorpe - Carlisle] 50,000
Gareth Taylor (Tranmere - Doncaster] Loan
Aswad Thomas (Charlton - Accrington] Loan
Lee Thorpe (Brentford - Rochdale] Free
Nicky Walker (Stirling - Brechin] Free
Tony Warner (Fulham - Barnsley] Loan
Andrew Waterworth (Lisburn Distillery - Hamilton] 20,000
Glenn Whelan (Sheff Wed - Stoke] 500,000
Ben Wilkinson (Hull City - Gretna] Loan
Abderouf Zarabi (Gueugnon - Hibernian] Free
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