Deadline Day rules for late Premier League moves Deadline Day is now upon us – and the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Aston Villa are scrambling to get deals completed before time runs out.
In order to get their deals over the line before the 11pm (GMT) deadline, many Premier League clubs will need to have a 'transfer deal sheet'.
With one of the most frantic and unpredictable days of the football campaign upon us, Mirror Football explains the 'transfer deal sheet' and why it is so crucial for Premier League clubs.
Transfer deal sheets can speed up a process, by providing clubs with a streamlined and fast way to signal that a deal as been agreed.
As a result of paperwork issues and malfunctions causing many transfers to collapse in the final hours of the transfer window, deal sheets were introduced into the Premier League in 2008.