A summer splash of more than £520m

The summer transfer window that closed on September 1 showed a record spending of £520.8m that includes the £32m Manchester United had to pay South American firm MSI for the permanent transfer of Argentine Carlos Tevez.

Man. United were also involved in the biggest deal between two Premier League clubs, forking out £30.75m for the capture of Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham.

The £520.8m global sum for the summer transfer window includes Premier League clubs only.

The rundown of these spendings since the arrival of the new transfer method, reads: 2002 - £179.4m; 2003 - £214.9m; 2004 - £231.4m; 2005 - £243.3m; 2006 - £280.8m; 2007 - £447.0m; 2008 - £520.8m.

There were some changes in the all-time top ten chart for transfers in the British game as three major moves in the list now involve the two Manchester clubs. These feature Robinho, Tevez and Berbatov.

The chart denotes only three deals involving two English clubs. The other seven concern foreign teams as well as and indicate five players signed by Premier League clubs.

All-time top 10

1. £32.5m Robinho (Real Madrid to Man. City).
2. £32.0m Carlos Tevez (MSI to Man. United).
3. £30.8m Andriy Shevchenko (Milan to Chelsea).
4. £30.75m Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham to Man. United).
5. £29.1m Rio Ferdinand (Leeds to Man. United).
6. £28.1m Juan Sebastian Veron (Lazio to Man. United).
7. £27m Wayne Rooney (Everton to Man. United).
8. £25m Marc Overmars (Arsenal to Barcelona).
9. £24.5m Arjen Robben (Chelsea to Real Madrid).
10. £24.4m Michael Essien (Lyon to Chelsea).

Other noteworthy soccer pieces for August read:

• Middlesbrough fined £20,000 and a suspended £30,000 after finishing with the worst disciplinary record in the Premier League last season.

• West Ham retire the no.6 shirt to mark the 50th anniversary of Bobby Moore's debut for the club. England's winning World Cup captain of 1966 died in 1993.

• Rangers are knocked out of the Champions League second qualifying round after they lost to FBK Kaunas 1-2 away, having drawn 0-0 in the first leg at home.

• England move up one place to 14th in the latest FIFA rankings.

• Rotherham deducted 17 points by the Football League for the start of the new season after failing to exit administration via the necessary Company Voluntary Agreement. They agree to play in League Two after accepting the FL conditions and giving the nod not to appeal against the decision.

• At Wembley, champions Manchester United lift the Community Shield, defeating FA Cup winners Portsmouth 3-1 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

• In the first leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions League, Arsenal win 2-0 at FC Twente and Liverpool draw 0-0 away against Standard Liege.

• Shock results in the League Cup first round read: Luton-Plymouth 2-0, Charlton-Yeovil 0-1, Macclesfield-Blackpool 2-0, Crewe-Barnsley 2-0, MK Dons-Norwich 1-0, Notts County-Doncaster 1-0.

• FIFA order Adrian Mutu to pay Chelsea £3.68m in compensation after he tested positive for cocaine while at Stamford Bridge.

• In an U-21 friendly at the KC Stadium, England beat Slovenia 2-1 (Richards, Milner) as Ireland draw 1-1 in Austria.

• England coach Fabio Capello appoints John Terry, of Chelsea, as permanent England captain.

• At Wembley, England draw 2-2 (Brown, J. Cole) against the Czech Republic. Other friendlies: Norway-Ireland 1-1 (Keane), Scotland-Northern Ireland 0-0, Wales-Georgia 1-2 (Koumas).

• In the U-21 Championship Scotland beat Lithuania 3-0 away and Wales go down 0-1 at home to Romania.

• The FA confirm that chief executive Brian Barwick is to leave his post by the end of the year.

• The latest review of football finances in Scotland, produced by Pricewaterhouse Coopers, denote that in 2006-07 eight out of 12 clubs made a profit. Overall turnover increased by three per cent.

• Arsenal (Twente 4-0 agg.) and Liverpool (Standard Liege 1-0 agg.) progress to the group phase of the Champions League.

• League Cup second round giant-killing acts: Bolton-Northampton 1-2, Hartlepool-West Brom 3-1, Swansea-Hull 2-1, Crewe-Bolton 2-1, Rotherham-Wolves 4-3 on penalties. In the Scottish League Cup, Hibernian go down at home 3-4 to Morton and Hearts lose 3-4 on penalties at home to Airdrie.

• In the UEFA Cup second qualifying round, Aston Villa and Manchester City move on at the expense of Hafnarfjordur (5-2 aggregate) and Midtjylland (4-2 on penalties) respectively but Queen of South bow out 2-4 to Nordsjaelland.

• In Monaco, Cristiano Ronaldo, of Manchester United, is named UEFA Club Footballer of the Year. English clubs make a clean sweep of the awards as Chelsea grab the other three prizes for best goalkeeper (Petr Cech), best defender (John Terry) and best midfielder (Frank Lampard).

• In the UEFA Super Cup, Manchester United are beaten by UEFA Cup holders Zenit St Petersburg 1-2 in Monaco.