A frenzied final day of the transfer window featured Harry Redknapp, unsurprisingly, doing plenty of business, and ended with Arsenal signing Lassana Diarra from Chelsea, their London rivals, for about £2 million. The midfield player, who moved to Stamford Bridge two years ago from Le Havre, was unhappy with his lack of first-team opportunities and was in the final year of his contract.

Fifteen minutes before the midnight deadline, West Ham United signed Nolberto Solano on a free transfer, but missed out on Nicky Shorey, the Reading left back. Portsmouth began the day with the signing of Glen Johnson, who was a regular at right back during his loan spell from Chelsea last season. Johnson cost about £3 million, half the sum that Chelsea had paid for him four years ago, when he became the first significant signing under Roman Abramovich, the owner. Johnson was considered a promising talent when he left West Ham, having played only 15 times in the league.

But although he has appeared competent going forward, his defensive failings were obvious. His fate was sealed this summer when Chelsea signed Juliano Belletti, with Paulo Ferreira as a reserve at right back.

Portsmouth also signed Papa Bouba Diop from Fulham for about £2 million. The midfield player signed a three-year contract. Dejan Stefanovic, the defender, moved in the opposite direction for £1 million. Gary O’Neil moved from Portsmouth to Middlesbrough for £5 million despite there being problems with the midfield player’s medical. Fulham could not match O’Neil’s wage demands, but they did sign Seol Ki Hyeon, the midfield player, from Reading, with Liam Rosenior, the defender, moving the other way. Fulham signed Danny Murphy, the midfield player, from Tottenham Hotspur.

Middlesbrough also signed Mohamed Shawky from Al Ahly for £650,000. The Egypt midfield player agreed a three-year contract after a trial. Middlesbrough sold Jason Euell to Southampton on a free transfer. The forward made only nine league starts since his move last summer, signed a two-year deal.

Much of the transfer business was completed in the Midlands, with Curtis Davies finally moving back into the top flight, with Aston Villa, after a series of battles with West Bromwich Albion this summer. The defender had handed in a transfer request and resigned the captaincy in an attempt to leave. Villa showed again that they were prepared to spend when they agreed a fee of £8 million rising to £10 million, plus a sell-on clause.

Davies joins on loan for the season, but the deal will become permanent next summer. Villa have signed Moustapha Salifou, a Togo midfield player, for an undisclosed fee from FC Wil, the Swiss club, on a one year contract. Derby County signed Kenny Miller from Celtic for £3 million, with the Scotland forward signing a three-year contract. Birmingham City have given a trial to Mohammed Kallon, the forward who has been released by AS Monaco, signed Wilson Palacios, the midfield player, on loan from Olimpia, the Honduran club.

In other deals, Wigan Athletic sold Caleb Folan to Hull City for £1 million and replaced him in attack with Marcus Bent, on loan from Charlton Athletic. The South London club also allowed Amdy Faye, the midfield player, to join Rangers on loan, but signed Sam Sodje, the defender, on loan from Reading.

As clubs frantically tried to fill the holes in their squad, many deals came to nothing. West Ham’s £6 million bid for Giles Barnes fell through because they failed to receive unspecified assurances from Derby about the winger, who has been injured. Tottenham also made a late inquiry. Villa had a £7 million offer for Nélson Marcos, the Benfica right back, turned down. Everton were unable to persuade Fenerbahçe to sell Stephen Appiah, the midfield player, and their attempts to sign Juan Román Riquelme, the Villarreal midfield player, also fell short. Birmingham were unable to sign Peter Luccin, the Atlético Madrid midfield player.

Deadline day - Ins and outs

Arsenal £20m spent

IN Lukasz Fabianski (Legia Warsaw, £2m), Havard Nordtveit (FK Haugesund, £2m), Bacary Sagna (Auxerre, £6m), Eduardo Da Silva (Dynamo Zagreb, £8m) Lassana Diarra (Chelsea, £2m).
OUT Jérémie Aliadière (Middlesbrough, £2m), Matthew Connolly (Colchester United, season loan), Johan Djourou (Birmingham City, loan till Jan), Ryan Garry (Bournemouth, free), Kerrea Gilbert (Southend, loan till Jan), Thierry Henry (Barcelona, £16.1m), Fredrik Ljungberg (West Ham, £3m), Arturo Lupoli (Fiorentina, free), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City, £4m), Mart Poom (Watford, free), José Antonio Reyes (Atlético Madrid, undisc), Jay Simpson (Millwall, loan till Jan).

Aston Villa £16.5m

IN Scott Carson (Liverpool, season loan), , Curtis Davies (West Bromwich Albion, season loan), Marlon Harewood (West Ham United, £4m), Zat Knight (Fulham, £3.5m), Eric Lichaj (University of North Carolina, free), Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham United, £8.5m), Moustapha Salifou (FC Wil, undisc).
OUT Juan Pablo Ángel (New York Red Bulls, free), Steven Davis (Fulham, £4m), Mark Delaney (retired), Eric Djemba-Djemba (released), Stephen Henderson (Bristol City, free), Lee Hendrie (Sheffield United, free), Aaron Hughes (Fulham, £1m), Gavin McCann (Bolton Wanderers, £1m), Robert Olejnik (Falkirk, free), Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham City, £2m), Jlloyd Samuel (Bolton Wanderers, free), Chris Sutton (retired), Sam Williams (released).

Birmingham £14.2m

IN Daniel de Ridder (Celta Vigo, free), Johan Djourou (Arsenal, loan till Jan), Olivier Kapo (Juventus, £3m), Richard Kingson (Hammarby, free), Fabrice Muamba (Arsenal, £4m), Garry O’Connor (Lokomotiv Moscow, £2.7m), Wilson Palacios (Olimpia, loan till Jan), Stuart Parnaby (Middlesbrough, free), Franck Queudrue (Fulham, £2.5m), Liam Ridgewell (Aston Villa, £2m), Rafael Schmitz (Lille, season loan).
OUT Sone Aluko (Aberdeen, loan till Jan), Mathew Birley (released), DJ Campbell (Leicester City, £2.1m), Stephen Clemence (Leicester City, £1m), Julian Gray (Coventry City, free), Neil Kilkenny (Oldham Athletic, loan till Jan), Adam Legzdins (released), Bruno N’Gotty (Leicester City, free), Samuel Oji (Leyton Orient, month loan), Nick Wright (released).

Blackburn £3.85m

IN Gunnar Nielsen (Frem Copenhagen, nominal), Maceo Rigters (NAC Breda, £350,000), Roque Santa Cruz (Bayern Munich, £3.5m).
OUT Keith Barker (St Patrick’s Athletic, free), Joe Garner (Carlisle United, £140,000), Michael Gray (Wolverhampton Wanderers, free), Bryan Hodge (released), Francis Jeffers (Sheffield Wednesday, undisc), Andy Todd (Derby County, £750,000), Paul Gallagher (Preston North End, loan till Feb).

Bolton £4.5m

IN Mikel Alonso (Real Sociedad, season loan), Daniel Braaten (Rosenborg, £500,000), Gerald Cid (Bordeaux, free), Blerim Dzemaili (FC Zurich, free), Danny Guthrie (Liverpool, season loan), Zoltan Harsanyi (Senec, undisc), Heidar Helguson (Fulham, £1m), Gavin McCann (Aston Villa, £1m), Andy O’Brien (Portsmouth, undisc), Jlloyd Samuel (Aston Villa, free), Christian Wilhelmsson (Nantes, season loan).
OUT Blazej Augustyn (Legia Warsaw, free), Tal Ben Haim (Chelsea, free), Quinton Fortune (released), Magnus Hedman (retired), Chris Howarth (Carlisle United, free), Przemyslaw Kazimierczak (released), Cesar Martin (released), Idan Tal (Beitar Jerusalem, £250,000), David Thompson (released), Henrik Pedersen (Hull City, free), Michael Roddy (Lincoln City, free), Jaroslaw Fojut (Luton Town, loan till Jan).

Chelsea £17.45m

IN Alex (PSV Eindhoven, free), Juliano Belletti (Barcelona, £3.75m), Tal Ben Haim (Bolton Wanderers, free), Florent Malouda (Lyons, £13.5m), Danny Philliskirk (Oldham Athletic, £200,000), Claudio Pizarro (Bayern Munich, free), Steve Sidwell (Reading, free).
OUT Ryan Bertrand (Oldham Athletic, loan till Jan), Khalid Boulahrouz (Seville, season loan), Gérémi (Newcastle United, free), Glen Johnson (Portsmouth, undisc), Yves Makaba-Makalamby (Hibernian, free), Michael Mancienne (Queens Park Rangers, season loan), Nuno Morais (Apoel Nicosia, free), Adrian Pettigrew (Brentford, month loan), Arjen Robben (Real Madrid, £24.5m), James Russell (Stevenage, free), Ben Sahar (Queens Park Rangers, three-month loan), Jimmy Smith (Norwich City, loan till Jan), Juan Sebastián Verón (Estudiantes, free), Lassana Diarra (Arsenal, £2m).

Derby £13.75m

IN Kenny Miller (Celtic, £3m), Claude Davis (Sheffield United, £3m), Robert Earnshaw (Norwich City, £3.5m), Benny Feilhaber (SV Hamburg, undisc), Andy Griffin (Portsmouth, £500,000), Ben Hinchliffe (Preston North End, free), Eddie Lewis (Leeds United, undisc), Tyrone Mears (West Ham United, £1m), Lewis Price (Ipswich, undisc), Andy Todd (Blackburn Rovers, £750,000).
OUT Lionel Ainsworth (Hereford United, free), Paul Boertien (Walsall, free), Morten Bisgaard (Odense, free), Lee Camp (Queens Park Rangers, £300,000), Steve Cann (Rotherham, free), Lee Grant (Sheffield Wednesday, free), Richard Jackson (Luton, free), Seth Johnson (released), James Meredith (released), Lewin Nyatanga (Barnsley, season loan), Paul Peschisolido (Luton, free), Ryan Smith (Millwall, £150,000).

Everton £21.25m

IN Leighton Baines (Wigan Athletic, £5m), Thomas Gravesen (Celtic, season loan), Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United, £4m), Lucas Jutkiewicz (Swindon Town, £1m), Steven Pienaar (Borussia Dortmund, season loan), Stefan Wessels (FC Cologne, season loan), Yakubu Ayegbeni (Middlesbrough, £11.25m).
OUT Anderson Silva (Barnsley, month loan), James Beattie (Sheffield United, £4m), Stephen Connor (Partick Thistle, loan till Jan), Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United, £1m), Scott Phelan (Bradford City, free), Alessandro Pistone (released), Richard Wright (West Ham United, free).

Fulham £25m

IN Nathan Ashton (Charlton, free), Chris Baird (Southampton, £3m), Hameur Bouazza (Watford, £3.5m), Lee Cook (Queens Park Rangers, £2.5m), Steven Davis (Aston Villa, £4m), David Healy (Leeds, £1.5m), Aaron Hughes (Aston Villa, £1m), Diomansy Kamara (West Bromwich Albion, £6m), Kasey Keller (Borussia Mönchengladbach, free), Adrian Leijer (Melbourne Victory, undisc), Paul Konchesky (West Ham, £2m), Dejan Stefanovic (Portsmouth, £1m subject to work permit), Shefki Kuqi (Crystal Palace, loan till Jan), Seol Ki Hyeon (Reading, swap for Liam Rosenior), Danny Murphy (Tottenham Hotspur, season loan).
OUT Michael Brown (Wigan Athletic, undisc), Matty Collins (Swansea City, free), Papa Bouba Diop (Portsmouth, undisc), Mark Crossley (Oldham Athletic, free), Heidar Helguson (Bolton, £1m), Claus Jensen (released), Zat Knight (Aston Villa, £3.5m), Mark Pembridge (released), Franck Queudrue (Birmingham City, £2.5m), Tomasz Radzinski (Skoda Xanthi, free), Gabriel Zakuani (Stoke City, season loan), Liam Rosenior (Reading, swap for Seol Ki Hyeon).

Liverpool £47.5m

IN Ryan Babel (Ajax, £11.5m), Yossi Benayoun (West Ham, £5m), Ryan Crowther (Stockport, undisc), Peter Gulacsi (MTK Hungaria, season loan), Charles Itandje (Lens, undisc), Lucas Leiva (Gremio, £5.5m), Sebastian Leto (Lanus, £1.8m), Nikolay Mihaylov (Levski Sofia, undisc), Krisztian Nemeth (MTK Hungaria, undisc), Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao, £270,000), Andras Simon (MTK Hungaria, undisc), Fernando Torres (Atlético Madrid, £20m), Andriy Voronin (B Leverkusen, free), Damien Plessis (Lyons, undisc).
OUT Paul Anderson (Swansea City, season loan), Godwin Antwi (Hartlepool United, season loan), Craig Bellamy (West Ham United, 7.5m), Scott Carson (Aston Villa, season loan), Djibril Cissé (Marseilles, £6m), Jerzy Dudek (Real Madrid, free), Robbie Fowler (Cardiff City, free), Mark González (Real Betis, £4.2m), Luis GarcÍa (Atlético Madrid, £4m), Danny Guthrie (Bolton Wanderers, season loan), Adam Hammill (Southampton, season loan), Nikolay Mihaylov (FC Twente, season loan), Danny O’Donnell (Crewe Alexandra, £100,000), Gabriel Paletta (Boca Juniors, undisc), Lee Peltier (Yeovil Town, loan till Jan), Miki Roque (Xerez, season loan), Jimmy Ryan (Shrewsbury Town, loan), Florent Sinama Pongolle (Recreativo Huelva, £2.7m), James Smith (Stockport County, month loan), Boudewijn Zenden (Marseilles, free), Anthony Le Tallec (Le Mans, loan), Besian Idrizaj (Crystal Palace, loan).

Man City £41m

IN Rolando Bianchi (Reggina, £8.8m), Geovanni (Cruzeiro, free), Valeri Bojinov (Fiorentina, £6m), Vedran Corluka (Dynamo Zagreb, £8m), Elano (Shakhtar Donetsk, £8m), Gelson Fernandes (Sion, £4m), Javi Garrido (Real Sociedad, £1.5m), Martin Petrov (Atlético Madrid, £4.7m).
OUT Joey Barton (Newcastle United, £5.8m), Bernardo Corradi (Parma, season loan), Sylvain Distin (Portsmouth, free), Nathan D’Laryea (Rochdale, free), Stephen Jordan (Burnley, free), Ishmael Miller (West Bromwich Albion, season loan), Danny Mills (Charlton Athletic, loan till Jan), Matthew Mills (Doncaster Rovers, loan till Feb), Trevor Sinclair (Cardiff City, free), Hatem Trabelsi (released), Nicky Weaver (Charlton Athletic, free), Paul Dickov (Crystal Palace, loan till Jan).

Man United £54.6m

IN Anderson (FC Porto, £18m), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich, £17m), Tomasz Kuszczak (West Bromwich Albion, £2.5m), Nani (Sporting Lisbon, £17.1m), Carlos Tévez (West Ham United, two-year loan from Media Sports Investments).
OUT Gabriel Heinze (Real Madrid, £8m) , Ritchie Jones (Yeovil Town, loan), Kieran Richardson (Sunderland, £5.5m), Daniel Rose (Oxford United, free), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal, £6m), Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City, loan till Jan), Alan Smith (Newcastle United, £6m), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (retired).

Middlesboro £23.15m

IN Jérémie Aliadière (Arsenal, £2m), Mido (Tottenham Hotspur, £6m), Tuncay Sanli (Fenerbahçe, free), Jonathan Woodgate (Real Madrid, £7m), Luke Young (Charlton Athletic, £2.5m), Mohamed Shawky (Al Ahly, £650,000), Gary O’Neil (Portsmouth, £5m).
OUT Malcolm Christie (released), Danny Graham (Carlisle United, free), Jason Kennedy (Livingston, loan till Feb), David Knight (Swansea City, free), James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion, £1.5m), Stuart Parnaby (Birmingham City, free), Ross Turnbull (Cardiff City, season loan), Mark Viduka (Newcastle United, free), Abel Xavier (Los Angeles Galaxy, free), Yakubu Ayegbeni (Everton, £11.25m), Jason Euell (Southampton, free).

Newcastle £21m

IN Joey Barton (Manchester City, £5.8m), Caçapa (Lyons, free), José Enrique (Villarreal, £6.3m), Gérémi (Chelsea, free), David Rozehnal (Paris Saint-Germain, £2.9m), Alan Smith (Manchester United, £6m), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough, free).
OUT Olivier Bernard (released), Titus Bramble (Wigan Athletic, free), Andy Carroll (Preston North End, loan till Feb), Lee Clark (released), Kieron Dyer (West Ham United, £6m), Kris Gate (released), Paul Huntington (Leeds United, undisc), Tim Krul (Falkirk, loan till Jan), Kazenga LuaLua (released), Albert Luque (Ajax, undisc), Craig Moore (Queensland Road, free), Alan O’Brien (Hibernian, undisc – compensation), Scott Parker (West Ham United, £7m), Pavel Srnicek (released), Antoine Sibierski (Wigan Athletic, free), Nolberto Solano (West Ham United, free).

Portsmouth £26m

IN Martin Cranie (Southampton, undisc – compensation), Papa Bouba Diop (Fulham, undisc), Sylvain Distin (Manchester City, free), Hermann Hreidarsson (Charlton, free), Glen Johnson (Chelsea, undisc), Sulley Muntari (Udinese, £7m), David Nugent (Preston North End, £5.7m), Callum Reynolds (Rushden & Diamonds, undisc), John Utaka (Rennes, £7m).
OUT Asmir Begovic (Bournemouth, loan till Jan), Jean-Françoise Christophe (Bournemouth, loan till Jan), Andrew Cole (Sunderland, free), Daryl Fordyce (Glentoran, free), Andy Griffin (Derby County, £500,000), Lomana LuaLua (Olympiacos, £2.8m), Collins Mbesuma (Bursaspor, undisc), Andy O’Brien (Bolton Wanderers, undisc), Jason Pearce (Bournemouth, free), Frank Songo’o (Preston North End, season loan), Svetoslav Todorov (Charlton Athletic, free), Dejan Stefanovic (Fulham, £1m subject to work permit), Gary O’Neil (Middlesbrough, £5m).

Reading £3.1m

IN Kalifa Cissé (Boavista, £600,000), Emerse Fae (Nantes, £2.5m), Liam Rosenior (Fulham, swap for Seol Ki Hyeon).
OUT Alan Bennett (Southampton, loan till Jan), Scott Davies (Aldershot Town, season loan), Greg Halford (Sunderland, £3m), Ben Hamer (Brentford, month loan), Jonathan Hayes (Leicester City, free), Curtis Osano (Rushden & Diamonds, season loan), Steve Sidwell (Chelsea, free), Graham Stack (Wolves, loan till Jan), Sam Sodje (Charlton, season loan), Seol Ki Hyeon (Fulham, swap for Liam Rosenior), Simon Cox (Swindon Town, loan till Jan).

Sunderland £34.85m

IN Russell Anderson (Aberdeen, £1m), Andrew Cole (Portsmouth, free), Michael Chopra (Cardiff City, £5m), Dickson Etuhu (Norwich City, £1.5m), Craig Gordon (Heart of Midlothian, £7m), Greg Halford (Reading, £3m), Ian Harte (Levante, free), Danny Higginbotham (Stoke City, £3m), Kenwyne Jones (Southampton, £6m), Paul McShane (West Bromwich Albion, £2.5m), Roy O’Donovan (Cork City, £350,000), Kieran Richardson (Manchester United, £5.5m).
OUT Clive Clarke (Leicester City, loan till November), Kenny Cunningham (released), Stephen Elliott (Wolverhampton Wanderers, £750,000), Marton Fulop (Leicester City, season loan), Tobias Hysen (IFK Gothenburg, undisc), Tommy Miller (Ipswich Town, free), William Mocquet (released), Arnau Riera (Falkirk, season loan), Kevin Smith (released), Andy Welsh (Toronto, undisc), Stephen Wright (Stoke City, loan till Jan), Stern John (Southampton, part exchange).

Tottenham £37.5m

IN Gareth Bale (Southampton, £5m), Darren Bent (Charlton Athletic, £16.5m), Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Bilbao, undisc), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Hertha Berlin, £5m), Danny Rose (Leeds United, free), Younès Kaboul (Auxerre, £7.5m), Adel Taarabt (Lens, undisc).
OUT Lee Barnard (Crewe Alexandra, loan till Jan), Rob Burch (Sheffield Wednesday, free), Charlie Daniels (Leyton Orient, season loan), Terry Dixon (released), Emil Hallfredsson (Lyn Oslo, undisc), Charlie Lee (Peterborough United, free), Mido (Middlesbrough, £6m), Jamie O’Hara (Millwall, month loan), Mark Yeates (Colchester United, undisc – six-figure), Reto Ziegler (Sampdoria, £1.4m), Danny Murphy (Fulham, season loan).

West Ham £29.6m

IN Craig Bellamy (Liverpool, £7.5m), Kieron Dyer (Newcastle United, £6m), Julien Faubert (Bordeaux, £6.1m), Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal, £3m), Scott Parker (Newcastle United, £7m), Richard Wright (Everton, free), Nolberto Solano (Newcastle United, free).
OUT Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool, £5m), Roy Carroll (Rangers, free), Hogan Ephraim (Queens Park Rangers, month loan), Marlon Harewood (Aston Villa, £4m), Paul Konchesky (Fulham, £2m), Shaun Newton (Leicester City, free), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa, 8.5m), Teddy Sheringham (Colchester United, free), Carlos Tévez (Manchester United, £2m compensation from Media Sports Investments).

Wigan £8.6m

IN Rachid Bouaouzan (Sparta Rotterdam, £300,000), Titus Bramble (Newcastle United, free), Michael Brown (Fulham, undisc), Andreas Granqvist (Helsingborg, free), Jason Koumas (West Bromwich Albion, £5.3m), Mario Melchiot (Rennes, free), Carlo Nash (Preston North End, free), Antoine Sibierski (Newcastle United, free), Luis Antonio Valencia (Villarreal, season loan), Marcus Bent (Charlton Athletic, season loan).
OUT Leighton Baines (Everton (£5m), Arjan de Zeeuw (Coventry City, free), John Filan (retired), Matt Jackson (Watford, free), Andreas Johansson (Aalborg, free), Lee McCulloch (Rangers, £2.25m), David Unsworth (Burnley, free), Andy Webster (loan till Jan), Caleb Folan (Hull City, £1m).