The longest transfer saga of the summer ends when Chelsea finally capture Lyon midfielder Michael Essien for �24.4m

Tottenham coach Martin Jol is delighted to unveil former Dutch international midfielder Edgar Davids at White Hart Lane

After much speculation, Peter Crouch leaves relegated Southampton to join European Champions Liverpool

Prodigious talent Shaun Wright-Phillips makes the move south as Chelsea pay Manchester City a whopping �21m

The Blues also fork out �8m to lure Spain left-back Asier del Horno to Stamford Bridge from Athletic Bilbao

Arsenal lose Patrick Vieira to Juventus but sign Belarus international Alexander Hleb for �10m from Stuttgart

South Korean midfielder Park Si-Jung completes a �4m switch to Manchester United from PSV Eindhoven

And Edwin van der Sar joins the list of keepers attempting to fill Peter Schmeichel's boots at Old Trafford

Manchester City use some of the money raised by the sale of Shaun Wright-Phillips to bring in Aston Villa's Darius Vassell

Newcastle boss Graeme Souness is quick to off load a host of players including Craig Bellamy to Blackburn

Souness spends �3.8m of his transfer budget on Emre from Inter Milan and �6.5m on Chelsea's Scott Parker

Middlesbrough hope their signing from Portsmouth, Ayegbeni Yakubu, will give them more firepower upfront