Despite the embarrassment of his thwarted bid for freedom, Odemwingie says he fully expects to be allowed to leave West Brom in the near future.

Redknapp, who did bring Christopher Samba, Jermaine Jenas and Andros Townsend to QPR on Thursday, the latter two on loan deals, said he sympathised with Odemwingie.

Norwich bought Argentine striker Luciano Becchio from Leeds, third-bottom Wigan brought in Austria defender Paul Scharner on loan from Hamburg and Fulham took Netherlands midfielder Urby Emanuelson from AC Milan.

Fiorentina created one of the surprises on the final transfer deadline day by re-signing one of Italy's most prolific strikers in Luca Toni, it was announced Friday.

English Premier League clubs have until 2200GMT on Friday to buy and sell players before the transfer window shuts until January. Here is a list of the confirmed deals that have gone through so far on Friday (all fees in pounds):

Premier League champions Manchester City clinched the signing of Brazil right-back Maicon from Inter Milan for an undisclosed fee on Friday.

Fulham won the race to sign Dimitar Berbatov from Manchester United on Friday after the Bulgarian striker completed his move to Craven Cottage for an undisclosed fee.

Mallorca has signed Giovani Dos Santos from Tottenham on a four-year deal, and Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente's is waiting to see where he will end up on transfer deadline day.

Liverpool sold Scotland midfielder Charlie Adam to Stoke City for an undisclosed fee on Friday.

South Korea wasted a number of scoring chances against Mexico as they opened the Group B soccer competition at the Olympics with a 0-0 draw on Thursday.