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Transfer deadline day is always a crazy experience and not least for the supporters of Tottenham Hotspur.

The final day of the summer window is usually when the phones at Spurs are at their busiest as deals are discussed for players heading in and out of the north London club.

However, this time it's the January window that has brought plenty of activity within a short space of time.

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Tottenham have often been notoriously quiet in the winter window, but the arrival of Jose Mourinho plus serious injuries to Harry Kane and Moussa Sissoko and the departure of Christian Eriksen have seen them be far more active.

Gedson Fernandes and Steven Bergwijn have been signed up from Benfica and PSV respectively while Giovani Lo Celso's loan deal from Real Betis has been made permanent.

Heading out the door with Eriksen have been Kyle Walker-Peters and Cameron Carter-Vickers leaving on loan.

Danny Rose is set to join them with a loan move to Newcastle.

Now as Tottenham prepare to enter the final day of the transfer window, with a little bit of creative licence, what exactly would the worst and perfect final 24 hours of the window look like for the club and chairman Daniel Levy?

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Worst

Tottenham dither as the day goes on, weighing up potential targets but as they do that other teams come in and pluck various players from their grasp.

Spurs have one big deal though that they want to squeeze through before 11pm ticks around and they're confident they can pull it off.

However, to fund the move they need a big influx of cash.

Manchester City come in with an offer to take Tanguy Ndombele off Tottenham's hands for the same price they bought him for in the summer from Lyon.

Levy initially rejects it, but then the more he thinks about the fitness of the player this season and the injuries he has had already he convinces himself that perhaps it's not the worst idea to cut his losses already.

He agrees to the deal and convinces Mourinho that it will be worth it because he's got a big name striker all lined up and they've got plenty of midfielders. The Spurs boss reluctantly agrees.

However, as the final hours tick away things are growing more and more anxious, the temperature is rising at Hotspur Way and it soon becomes clear that big deal just isn't going to happen.

As the final hour of the window hits, Levy makes the call to green light the free agent move the club had lined up as their last resort just in case the worst happens. The club slip out a tweet at 4am announcing that Emmanuel Adebayor has returned to the club.

Best

Levy makes a concerted effort to fix the positions that Spurs need reinforcements in.

Mourinho called January the 'window of opportunity' and on deadline day some very good targets suddenly become available as their clubs line up replacements.

It's going to take a bit of money to secure them, but the decision is made that Tottenham must move now to tie up the players rather than allow others to sneak in. The finances will be taken out of the next summer budget but if they get these players then it will be worth it. Money is moved around within the club.

First, Spurs agree a £30m deal with Norwich for Max Aarons, but they have to concede to allow the young right-back to head back on loan to the Canaries for the remainder of the season to help them in their relegation battle as part of the transfer.

Mourinho believes that he can make do with Serge Aurier and Japhet Tanganga until then in order to secure the young full-back and as part of the deal Tottenham do not have to pay any of the instalments until the following season.

While all of that is being negotiated, Spurs' assistant manager Joao Sacramento puts a call in to his old club's director of football Luis Campos to enquire about the situation with Lille's 20-year-old defensive midfielder Boubakary Soumare.

With the Ligue 1 club having their eyes on a cheap but talented replacement, they agree to a £45m deal, with potential future add-ons, for Spurs to take Soumare, but only if they can get their man.

Later that afternoon, the Lille president calls Levy back. They got their replacement and Spurs push through the move for the talented young midfielder.

Concern is growing outside the club at the lack of movement on a striker and time is ticking away.

Then news suddenly breaks that after a flurry of movement between clubs in the Italian market a big name forward is suddenly available and has reportedly filmed a goodbye video.

It's the one Spurs have been waiting for, and with the club having worked diligently behind the scenes over the previous four months to iron out issues with image rights, and some last-gasp worries over the paperwork getting to the relevant authorities, Tottenham Hotspur announce at 11.38pm on their Twitter feed that Paulo Dybala has joined for an undisclosed club record fee and the internet is duly broken.