There's a great many reasons why a transfer can fall through, be it agents, an annoying club changing the goalposts or merely someone changing their mind. Probably the single most annoying for everyone is a failed medical.
You have to feel sorry for journalists who just do their job of reporting transfer stories only to be given abuse when a deal said was going to happen collapses out of nowhere with obviously nothing they can do about it.
Sure some transfer stories seem utterly made up but most of them are based on sources that journalists work hard to get. They pass on the information they know to be true and then someone changes plans.
Remember when Romelu Lukaku was definitely going to Chelsea. Image: PA
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What about when everything's agreed- wages, agent fees, transfer fee, the whole shebang and then at the last minute someone spots something in an x-ray or on the treadmill?
Well that's exactly what's happened to Aston Villa's Jordan Amavi and his move to Sevilla. Diario de Sevilla report that 'extensive medical tests' were 'unsatisfactory' and like that the deal is off.
Amavi has impressed enough in the last couple of season, for a team who have really struggled, to nearly earn himself a move to La Liga. Image: PA
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The French left-back, Villa and the Europa League's perennial winners had all agreed to an £8 million move and it looked certain to happen until the findings from the hospital visit.
Amavi joined the Midlands club when they were still in the Premier League in 2015 and not long after he suffered an ACL injury which kept him out for quite sometime.
It's not known whether lasting damage to his knee is what caused him to fail the medical or if it's something else but Dr Tony Xia, the Villans chairman, denied that there's anything wrong with the player:
It's such a shame for the Frenchman and a story like this damages his chances of finding a different move.
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