Top 5: Summer Deadline Day deals in Premier League history

Mesut Özil (Real Madrid to Arsenal)

And finally, in September 2013, Arsenal splashed out a reported club-record £42.5m to land Real Madrid midfielder Mesut Özil.

The midfielder, who lifted the FIFA World Cup the following summer in Brazil, became the most expensive German footballer of all-time.

Having signed just Yaya Sanogo and Mathieu Flamini during the summer transfer window, manager Arsene Wenger left it til Deadline Day to delight all Gunners fans with a sensational swoop for the Madrid man, who has gone on to score 32 goals in 164 appearances in all competitions.

Özil has helped Arsenal lift the FA Cup three times (2014, 2015, 2017) during his time in North London, but was strongly linked with a move away from the Emirates this summer, with less than 12 months remaining on his current deal.