Meireles left Liverpool in one of the deadline's dramatic and surprising moves
Raul Meireles and Mikel Arteta swapped the city of Liverpool for London in dramatic deals on a busy transfer deadline day.
Meireles moved from Liverpool to Chelsea, while Everton's Arteta joined Arsenal along with Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun.
Arsenal also signed Germany defender Per Mertesacker and left back Andre Santos from Fenerbahce for £6.2m as Arsene Wenger re-shaped his squad after Sunday's 8-2 defeat by Manchester United.
Manchester City completed the free-transfer of former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves and allowed out-of-favour forward Craig Bellamy to rejoin former club Liverpool.
- 2010: Asamoah Gyan [Rennes - Sunderland] £13m
- 2009: Richard Dunne [Manchester City - Aston Villa] £6m
- 2008: Robinho [Real Madrid - Manchester City] £32.5m
- 2007: Glen Johnson [Chelsea - Portsmouth] £4m
- 2006: Ashley Cole [Arsenal - Chelsea] £5m p/e
- 2005: Michael Owen [Real Madrid - Newcastle] £17m
- 2004: Wayne Rooney [Everton - Manchester United] £27m
- 2003: Claude Makelele [Real Madrid - Chelsea] £16.6m
Liverpool let two players depart for France, Joe Cole moving to Lille on a season-long loan and midfielder Christian Poulsen joining Evian.
Manchester United did not make any deadline day deals, with Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder revealing on Twitter that he would be staying in Italy.
Fulham and Stoke made major striker signings.
Fulham bought FC Twente striker Bryan Ruiz for £10.6m, beating off a late rival bid from Newcastle United.
Stoke broke their transfer record to sign Tottenham's Peter Crouch for £10m, and also bought Wilson Palacios from Spurs for a fee believed to be around £6m.
Spurs also let Jermaine Jenas and Alan Hutton move to Aston Villa, the latter opting for the West Midlands over a move to Fulham.
Tottenham winger David Bentley joined West Ham on a season-long loan.
Spurs completed the deal for West Ham United's Scott Parker, but failed to sign Bolton defender Gary Cahill.
Sunderland ended their search for a striker when Nicklas Bendtner moved from Arsenal on a year-long loan deal.
Arsenal also let young striker Joel Campbell, who only signed last week, join French side Lorient on loan, following team-mate Gilles Sunu, who made a permanent switch to the Ligue 1 outfit.
QPR added Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips to their squad and Sunderland's Anton Ferdinand. Their move for Spurs defender Sebastian Bassong fell through due to Spurs' failure to sign Bolton's Gary Cahill.
As well as keeping hold of their prized defensive asset Cahill, Bolton added new faces by sealing a permanent deal for Liverpool striker David Ngog and a loan switch for Chelsea midfielder Gael Kakuta.
Blackburn raided Goodison Park to sign striker Yakubu, and also complete moves for Birmingham defender Scott Dann and Sheffield United frontman Jordan Slew.
Everton made two loan signings: Real Madrid's Royston Drenthe on loans and striker Denis Stracqualursifrom Argentine side Tigres. The Toffees let Jermaine Beckford to join Leicester.
Wigan completed two deals, signing Celtic winger Shaun Maloney for a fee of £1m and Chelsea defender Patrick van Aanholt on loan.
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