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Rangers complete double swoop as Wrexham sign O'Hare on busy EFL and Scottish deadline day

While the Premier League's big-money moves grabbed the headlines, clubs across the English Football League, Scotland and the Women's Super League were equally busy on deadline day and in the days that followed.

Deadline day transfers across the EFL and Scotland

Rangers and Celtic active north of the border

Rangers completed a double swoop on 3 September, signing Kevin Kelsy from Portland Timbers and taking Badredine Bouanani on loan from Stuttgart. Lyall Cameron, meanwhile, left Ibrox to join Dundee United on loan on deadline day itself.

Celtic signed Oliver Sorensen on loan from Parma but also sanctioned two late departures, with Reo Hatate joining Burnley and Johnny Kenny moving to Preston North End, both confirmed at 23:30. Hibernian brought in Alex Williams on loan from West Bromwich Albion and sent Josh Campbell to St Johnstone on the same terms, while Dundee United also added Zidane Iqbal from Utrecht and Motherwell signed Dylan Levitt from Leyton Orient.

Elsewhere in Scotland, St Johnstone signed Joel Cotterill from Swansea City, Kilmarnock took MJ Kamson-Kamara on loan from Heart of Midlothian, and Falkirk brought in Owen Eames on loan from Derby County.

Wrexham land O'Hare as Sheffield United respond

Wrexham signed Callum O'Hare from Sheffield United at 18:00 on deadline day, with the Blades responding ten minutes later by taking Liam Kitching on loan from Coventry City. Sheffield Wednesday then borrowed Davis Keillor-Dunn from Wrexham on 3 September, when Colchester United's Samson Tovide joined Huddersfield Town on a free transfer and Burnley sent Lyle Foster on loan to Houston.

Deadline day deals across the EFL

Watford were among the busiest sides, signing Myron Boadu as a free agent, Stephy Mavididi on loan from Leicester City and Soumaila Coulibaly on loan from Strasbourg.

Among the other moves confirmed on 1 September:

Deals announced on 2 September

A further batch of moves was announced the following day, including Michael Adu-Poku joining Newport on loan from Watford, Gady Beyuku signing for Blackburn from Modena, Kiano Dyer joining Chesterfield on loan from Chelsea, Kion Etete and Matty Jacob both moving to Newport on loan from Cardiff and Hull respectively, Ghislain Konan signing for Wolves from Gil Vicente, Luka Lynch joining Oxford on loan from Aston Villa, Jeremy Monga joining Swansea on loan from Manchester City, Sean Neave joining Wolves on loan from Newcastle, Joel Randall joining Chesterfield on loan from Bolton, Josh Robertson joining Fleetwood on loan from Brighton and Dan Watts joining Exeter on loan from Swansea.

Women's Super League business

There was deadline-day activity in the WSL too: Arsenal signed Elisa de Almeida from Paris St-Germain, Manchester City brought in Anna Moorhouse on loan from Orlando Pride, Manchester United signed Rebeca Bernal from Washington Spirit, and Crystal Palace added Shanade Hopcroft from Birmingham City.

Sources: https://bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvgyxyxplkvo