Leeds United heads left spinning but one transfer u-turn was not an option for Elland Road chiefs

Cody Gakpo and PSV set the trend, and the tone for deadline day, by sending Victor Orta back to England without the outcome he and the Whites felt was at least a possibility when he jetted off to Holland last Wednesday.

A director of football just does not make that journey without, at the very least, hearing encouraging noises from the player's camp, and PSV would not have 'received' him, as they put it, without at least being open to the idea of a sale. And Leeds believed there was a deal to be done, until a complete about face in the wee hours of Thursday morning.