Blackpool boss Ian Holloway has revealed how he missed out on signing Portsmouth striker David Nugent.
As the deadline arrived at 6pm last Tuesday, Nugent could not be contacted and Holloway was left disappointed as he had prioritised the forward over other transfer targets.
"If the player hadn't gone missing we'd have had David Nugent," Holloway told the Blackpool Gazette.
"With 20 minutes to go we had Nugent signed on, but no-one could locate him, so he couldn't sign his contract and it all fell through.
"So that's one that wriggled out of the net. But it happens. I thought he was one that was worth trying to get, so because of that we put some other deals on hold.
"Nugent was the main one we targeted. We didn't miss many, but unfortunately that was one we did and it wasn't possible to get a back-up with 20 minutes left."