Chelsea handed £56m deadline day reminder by Arsenal that Marina Granovskaia cannot ignore

All was quiet at Stamford Bridge as the transfer window inched towards its conclusion. Chelsea's business – barring the late addition of young striker Mason Burstow – was done. Although it never truly got going with Thomas Tuchel largely content with his first-team squad.

The Blues' only genuine attempt to 'sign' a player last month came early; Tuchel wanted Emerson Palmieri brought back from his loan spell at Lyon to provide cover at left wing-back with Ben Chilwell set to miss the remainder of the campaign.

Chelsea did what they could and even offered the Ligue 1 side a rather humbling compensation fee of around £3million to reclaim the Italian international. But Lyon stood firm and that was very much that for the Blues in the transfer market.

In the north of London, it was a rather different story. Tottenham were busy in the final few hours of January with the departure of Dele Alli to Frank Lampard's Everton and the arrivals of Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski from Juventus.

Arsenal, meanwhile, were in constant negotiations with Barcelona over a deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who was stripped of the captaincy last month and banished from the first-team squad by Mikel Arteta due to a disciplinary breach.

The Gunners' highest earner – and by some distance – it was logical for the club to let the 32-year-old move on. Even if it meant not recouping a fee for a player they signed for £56m four years ago from Borussia Dortmund.

Aubameyang wasn't the only Arsenal first-team player to depart. Far from it, in fact. Ainsley Maitland-Niles was loaned to Roma. Pablo Mari parked at Udinese. Sead Kolasinac, meanwhile, had his contract terminated while Calum Chambers left on a free transfer for Aston Villa six