Not Jacquet: Liverpool complete deadline-day business

Liverpool have completed transfer deadline day business by agreeing to terminate James McConnell’s loan at Ajax, with the Dutch club confirming the administrative process is now finished and the midfielder has been away from the first-team group for weeks.

While plenty of names get thrown around late in the window, this is a clear, confirmed piece of business on deadline day.

Ajax’s club website statement makes the timeline pretty explicit, and it also helps explain why this has been...