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Premier League transfers no longer use fax machines after David de Gea howler
Manchester United to Real Madrid back in 2015, but the deal fell through due to a paperwork issue.Reports at the time suggested United had actually held up the deal due to problems with their fax machine, sparking suspicion that Old Trafford chiefs had come up with a cunning plan to keep De Gea at the club.Los Blancos swiftly released a statement on their website insisting they had done "everything necessary in every moment" to wrap up a deal for the Spain international, which would have seen Keylor Navas head in the opposite direction to Manchester.They claimed United did not agree to open negotiations until Monday morning, however the swap deal was "quickly reached" before contracts were sent to Manchester at 11:39am.Real claimed these contracts were returned eight hours later and sent back signed at 9:32pm, before the Premier League club agreed terms with Navas' agent at 9:53pm and entered De Gea's details in FIFA's electronic Transfer Matching System (TMS) at 10pm.Which deadline day transfers do you want to see happen today? Comment down belowNevertheless, the Spanish giants said they only received the documentation at 10:02pm - two minutes after the TMS had closed when the window for non-British European leagues had shut.Since the event six and a half years ago, Matt Wild, company secretary at Wolverhampton Wanderers, has revealed that while clubs still use TMS, fax machines are a thing of the past.He told The Athletic: “It’s all email and DocuSign now.
