Nottingham Forest forward Jota Silva saw his dream move to Sporting Lisbon fall through due to a delay of just 60 seconds.
Jota was due to move to the Portuguese giants in the closing hours of the window after Forest finally agreed to let him leave – with just an hour remaining until the deadline. With the window in Portugal remaining open until midnight (11pm BST), there was confidence that the deal would be done in time.
Yet Daily Mail Sport understands that the agreement, which included an initial loan fee of about £4million with an option to buy of £13.