Chelsea have completed the signing of defender Michael Hector from Reading, the club have announced.
The 23-year-old has signed a five-year contract at Stamford Bridge, but will return to the Madejski Stadium on loan until the end of the season.
Have I missed something with this guy? Seen him play on loan at two different clubs. Decent enough. But I don't recall him being one of the top Championship players last season.
Maybe a Reading fan wouldn't rate any of our players
Jeremy Peace and West Bromwich Albion have released a statement with regards to Saido Berahino and Tottenham Hotspur.
Berahino earlier posted a tweet airing his discontent after the club rejected Spurs' third and fourth bids for the striker.
Peace said: “We have a key player who has been very unsettled by antics which were designed to get him out of our club cheaply.
"Those tactics have continued despite my making our position clear in my first conversation with Daniel Levy on this subject in mid-August. I said selling Saido so late in the window was not on our agenda.
“Saido has been unsettled to the point where our Head Coach has not felt able to select him for our last three games. We are now left with the task of repairing the damage created by this unfortunate episode.”
Derby spent £10m on two players today. That's what we're competing with.
Butterfield and Johnson .. 10 million for a new midfield, plus the millions he spent in the summer 'recess' .. Clement is already under the cosh .. I'll be surprised if he's still with Derby at Christmas .. Nigel Pearson are you ready for a new role ?
Bizarre that deals like Matt Jarvis appear to be getting completed after deadline. Sky reporter said about an 'extended deadline'!
Shame we haven't added to squad but a couple of loans could be a welcome boost after international break and we have a better idea of where the squad is, fitness wise.
I bet the West Brom fans forum has overheated this evening. What a strange move by the Chairman
Jeremy Peace is supposed to be hard to work with but glad he's stood firm against a tosser like Daniel Levy. Would love to see PL action West Brom's complaint against Spurs but they won't.
Good on Mr Peace, too many Berahino's out there, make them rot in the reserves, who the fook do they think they are, they sign a contract then see it through at least.
Good on Mr Peace, too many Berahino's out there, make them rot in the reserves, who the fook do they think they are, they sign a contract then see it through at least.
I couldn't believe what I was reading from Berahino, who does this kid think he is ?
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Jeremy Peace and West Bromwich Albion have released a statement with regards to Saido Berahino and Tottenham Hotspur.
Berahino earlier posted a tweet airing his discontent after the club rejected Spurs' third and fourth bids for the striker.
Peace said: “We have a key player who has been very unsettled by antics which were designed to get him out of our club cheaply.
"Those tactics have continued despite my making our position clear in my first conversation with Daniel Levy on this subject in mid-August. I said selling Saido so late in the window was not on our agenda.
“Saido has been unsettled to the point where our Head Coach has not felt able to select him for our last three games. We are now left with the task of repairing the damage created by this unfortunate episode.”
Premier League
Anthony Martial - Monaco to Manchester United (£36m)
Virgil van Dijk - Celtic to Southampton (£11.5m)
Ramiro Funes Mori - River Plate to Everton (£9.5m)
Michail Antonio - Nottingham Forest to West Ham (£7m)
Glenn Murray - Crystal Palace to Bournemouth (£4m)
Papy Djilobodji - Nantes to Chelsea (£2.7m)
Nikica Jelavic - Hull City to West Ham (£2m, rising to £3m)
Michael Hector - Reading to Chelsea (undisclosed)
Joleon Lescott - West Brom to Aston Villa (undisclosed)
Obbi Oulare - Club Brugge to Watford (undisclosed)
Adlene Guediora - Crystal Palace to Watford (undisclosed)
Matija Sarkic - Anderlecht to Aston Villa (undisclosed)
DeAndre Yedlin - Tottenham to Sunderland (season loan)
Victor Ibarbo - Roma to Watford (season loan)
Alex Song - Barcelona to West Ham (season loan)
Victor Moses - Chelsea to West Ham (season loan)
Miguel Layun - Watford to Porto (season loan)
Olivier Kemen - Newcastle to Lyon (undisclosed)
Sam Westley - West Ham to VVV Venlo (season loan)
Dwight Tiendalli - released by Swansea City
Championship
Jacob Butterfield - Huddersfield to Derby (undisclosed)
Jordan Botaka - Excelsior to Leeds (undisclosed)
Nathan Byrne - Swindon to Wolves (undisclosed)
Richard Stearman - Wolves to Fulham (undisclosed)
Ryan Woods - Shrewsbury to Brentford (undisclosed)
Adama Diomande - Stabaek to Hull City (undisclosed)
Stevie May - Sheffield Weds to Preston (undisclosed)
Bradley Johnson - Norwich City to Derby (undisclosed)
Carlos de Pena - Nacional to Middlesbrough (undisclosed)
Chris O'Grady - Brighton to Nottingham Forest (season loan)
Nathan Baker - Aston Villa to Bristol City (season loan)
Gabriele Angella - Watford to QPR (season loan)
Michael Hector - Chelsea to Reading (season loan)
Jamie Paterson - Nottingham Forest to Huddersfield (season loan)
Eoin Doyle - Cardiff City to Preston (season loan)
Liam Moore - Leicester to Bristol City (loan until January 4)
Lee Camp - Bournemouth to Rotherham (free)
Kelle Roos - Derby to Rotherham (loan cancelled)
Adam Hammill - released by Huddersfield
Marvin Sordell - released by Burnley
League One
Luke O'Neill - Burnley to Southend (released)
Harry White - Gloucester City to Barnsley (undisclosed)
Nick Townsend - Birmingham City to Barnsley (undisclosed)
Andy Kellett - Bolton to Wigan (undisclosed)
Haris Vuckic - Newcastle to Wigan (season loan)
Alex Davey - Chelsea to Peterborough (loan until January)
Shane Ferguson - Newcastle to Millwall (loan until January 9)
Eoghan O'Connor - Celtic to Oldham Athletic (loan until January 1)
Larnell Cole - Fulham to Shrewsbury (loan until January 3)
Oscar Gobern - QPR to Doncaster Rovers (loan until January)
Wes Thomas - Birmingham City to Swindon Town (loan until January)
Michael Smith - Swindon Town to Barnsley (loan until January)
Dillon Barnes - Free agent to Colchester
Lateef Elford-Alliyu - Free agent to Coventry City
League Two
Jack Payne - Peterborough to Leyton Orient (season loan)
Mickey Demetriou - Shrewsbury Town to Cambridge United (loan until January)
Adam Drury - Free agent to Bristol Rovers
Matt Partridge - Free agent to Newport County
Danny Kearns - released by Carlisle
Christian Walton - Brighton to Bury (loan cancelled)
Billy Daniels - released by Notts County
Scottish Premiership
Ryan Christie - Inverness CT to Celtic (undisclosed)
Rhys Healey - Cardiff City to Dundee (season loan)
Robbie Muirhead - Dundee United to Partick Thistle (loan until January)
Miles Storey - Swindon to Inverness (loan until January)
Tobi Sho-Silva - Charlton to Inverness (loan until January)
Adam Taggart - Fulham to Dundee United (loan until January)
Aaron Kuhl - Reading to Dundee United (loan until January)
Simon Ferry - released by Dundee
Kevin McHattie - released by Hearts
Scottish Championship
Islam Feruz - Chelsea to Hibernian (season loan)
Alex Samuel - Swansea to Morton (loan until January)
Robbie Crawford - Rangers to Alloa (loan until January)
Andy Murdoch - Rangers to Cowdenbeath (season loan)
Danny Stoney - released by Rangers
Scottish League One
George Hunter - St Johnstone to Airdrie (loan until January)
Scottish League Two
Craig Watson - Hamilton to Arbroath (loan until January)
Connor McLaren - St Johnstone to Elgin City (loan until January)
National League
Josh O'Hanlon - Bournemouth to Chester (one-month loan)
Terry Hawkridge - Scunthorpe to Lincoln City (loan until January)
Craig Reid - released by Kidderminster
Shame we haven't added to squad but a couple of loans could be a welcome boost after international break and we have a better idea of where the squad is, fitness wise.
The winger spent the second half of last season on loan at Goodison but has now penned a three-year deal, thought to be worth £4m-4.5m.