Bamba Dieng arrived at a private airport in Nice ready to board a 3.30pm flight on a plush jet laid on by Leeds so he could complete a £10million move to Elland Road. By this point, Leeds chairman Andrea Radrizzani had already welcomed the Marseille attacker on Twitter. Done deal? Not quite.
Many believe Dieng, having decided to renege on a move to Leeds, got exactly what was coming to him after his transfer to Nice collapsed over a failed medical in an episode that will be remembered as one of the most bizarre in deadline day history.