In need of a striker – and having had recent bids turned down for Matt Le Tissier (Southampton) and Brian Deane (Sheff Utd) – Man Utd offer £3.5m for David Hirst (Sheff Wed). Again they are rebuffed. However, they do sell ex-England midfielder Neil Webb back to Nottingham F. for £800,000.
Future Premier League strikers and TV pundits Steve Claridge (Luton – Div 1) back to Cambridge (Div 1 – £190,000), and Stan Collymore (Crystal Palace) is loaned to Southend (Div 1)