Sometimes a club’s well-thought-out plans in the transfer market are laid to waste by failing to land their top targets or by an injury crisis.

It usually leads to a massive scramble in the final days of the transfer window in order to find a player who can be signed before the deadline.

There are examples where these last-ditch deals have worked out but, for the most part, the signing ends up being a disaster for the club involved.

Press the next page as we list five of the worst panic buys made by Premier League clubs on deadline day.