Monaco chief Thiago Scuro has explained why two proposed big-money exits failed to materialise on deadline day.

Everton were hoping to sign striker Folarin Balogun, while Chelsea believed they had sealed a deal for midfielder Lamine Camara.

Initially, the Balogun sale was the only one set to go through, but Everton subsequently raised questions over the striker's fitness following a medical.

This then paved the way for Chelsea to jump in and strike a deal for Camara.

But, when Everton and Monaco managed to renegotiate the agreement for Balogun, the Ligue 1 club pulled out of their deal with Chelsea.

However, another twist arrived as Balogun elected not to join Everton, and Scuro has explained what happened from Monaco's perspective.

"During the day, we had a clear agreement for Balogun to go to Everton. Balogun flew [on Tuesday] morning to go for medicals and sign a contract," Scuro said.

"Our plan worked very well in this moment in terms of revenue generation, squad planning, player transfers. Balogun, besides the salary, was also an important source of income for the club, which would help us also to balance the season. And then, Lamine was staying.

"This was what we had until mid-afternoon. What happened is that Chelsea was always testing and trying. What about Lamine? What about Lamine?

"I've been talking to them for the last 10 days. Around 4pm, we got a contact from Chelsea. Okay, we sold a player in this position [Enzo Fernandez]. Deal done. Is there any possibility that Monaco are open to selling Lamine? The answer was the same. No.

"At this moment, at 4pm, Balogun was in Liverpool undergoing his medical. Everything was going pretty well. Around 7pm, we were contacted by Everton, raising questions about Balogun's medical, which, for our medical staff, as well as for the player's personal medical staff, made no sense at all.

"The explanations were not enough to justify or to bring concerns regarding the future of the player, which there aren't. This discussion started between medical departments from here and there.

"It took Everton around three hours to go deep into the assessment and check with other doctors. This is a normal situation when the doctor of the club raises concerns. It's quite normal that clubs will look for other specialists, share the images and discuss the case."

Monaco then had to open the door for Camara to join Chelsea, but they subsequently closed that off once Everton came back to the table over Balogun.

"We started negotiations with Chelsea. I informed the player directly myself. I called him. I informed his agent, as we always do. Very open," Scuro added.

"We had discussions about the conditions for Lamine to go to Chelsea. At the same time, the medical discussion was ongoing with Balogun. And what happened was that around 10pm, maybe a bit earlier, Everton realised that, OK, there is no problem. We are ready to do it. Let's sign the contract.

"As soon as we got the information, we came back to Chelsea and thought, OK, we have our deal there. There is no deal on it. Because it's also fair to do this. It's also part of the game."

Scuro also claimed that Balogun, who netted 19 goals in all competitions for Monaco last term, then decided not to sign with Everton, feeling he had been badly treated by the Toffees.