London: Manchester United’s cross-town rivals Manchester City parted company with Micah Richards and Alvaro Negredo.
Youth-team graduate Richards joined Fiorentina on a season-long loan with an option to buy, ending a 13-year association with the club.
Spain striker Alvaro Negredo moved to Valencia in a similar deal, only a year after arriving from Sevilla in a £20 million (Dh121.9 million) transfer.
Southampton signed Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld from Atletico Madrid on loan and also paid around £10 million to bring Senegalese winger Sadio Mane to the club from Red Bull Salzburg.
“I am delighted that we have been able to bring Toby to the club,” said Southampton manager Ronald Koeman.
“He is a strong defender and is also very good at building up the play when we play out from the back.”
On a busy day, Hull City paid a club-record fee of around £9.5 million to buy Uruguay striker Abel Hernandez from Palermo, signed Mohammad Diame from West Ham United, and completed loan moves for Southampton playmaker Gaston Ramirez, and Newcastle United winger Hatem Ben Arfa.
Tottenham Hotspur signed France Under-21 midfielder Benjamin Stambouli from Montpellier for around £4.7 million, sold Sandro to Queens Park Rangers for around £10 million, and loaned Lewis Holtby to Hamburg.
Brazilian midfielder Sandro’s move to Loftus Road reunited him with former Spurs manager Harry Redknapp, who also brought in Niko Kranjcar on loan but saw a move for Lassana Diarra collapse.
Crystal Palace broke their transfer record to sign Scotland midfielder James McArthur from Wigan Athletic and also signed defender Zeki Fryers from Spurs and striker Kevin Doyle on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Meanwhile, Sunderland completed loan moves for Liverpool centre-back Sebastian Coates and Inter Milan midfielder Ricardo Alvarez.
