SoccerBible's resident football experts were sat in anticipation, as they trawled through the back pages, hunted down the best internet forums and watched the television channels for the latest breaking transfer news on transfer deadline day. Unfortunately, they felt a little disappointed as there were no sensational transfers, which made them wonder whether the dramatic deadline day was a thing of the past? I guess we won't find out until January...
Here's a round-up of the biggest transfers completed before 5pm 1st September:
Tal Ben Haim [Manchester City - Portsmouth] Undisclosed
David Button [Tottenham - Crewe] Loan
Mark Brown [Celtic - Kilmarnock] Loan
David Carney [Sheffield United - FC Twente] Undisclosed
Danny Collins [Sunderland - Stoke] £2.75m
James Collins [West Ham - Aston Villa] Undisclosed
Sam Cox [Tottenham - Cheltenham] Loan
Carlos Edwards [Sunderland - Ipswich] Undisclosed
Johnny Heitinga [Atletico Madrid - Everton] £6m
Lee Hendrie [Sheffield United - Derby] Swap deal
Oscar Jansson [Tottenham - Exeter] Loan
Grant Leadbitter [Sunderland - Ipswich] Undisclosed
Ivan Klasnic [Nantes - Bolton] Loan
Nico Kranjcar [Portsmouth - Tottenham] Undisclosed
Clayton McDonald [Manchester City - Walsall] Loan
David Nugent [Portsmouth - Burnley] Loan
Darren O'Dea [Celtic - Reading] Loan
Jerome Rothen [Paris St Germain - Rangers] Loan
Ibrahima Sonko [Stoke - Hull] Loan
Evander Sno [Ajax - Bristol City] Loan
Jordan Stewart [Derby - Sheffield United] Swap deal
Teemu Tanio [Sunderland - Birmingham] Loan
Borja Valero [West Brom - Real Mallorca] Loan
Ben Watson [Wigan - QPR] Loan
Mike Williamson [Watford - Portsmouth] Undisclosed
Hassan Yebda [Benfica - Portsmouth] Loan