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Bright bit of business! More than £400m spent, but who landed the summer's five best deals?

By Sportsmail Reporter

Last updated at 1:48 AM on 1st September 2011

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ASHLEY YOUNG

(Aston Villa to Manchester United - £16m)

Gary Neville says he can’t believe how quickly Young has adjusted to life at Old Trafford. The winger looks like a seasoned United campaigner with his link-up play, work rate and goals.

Villa will justifiably think they should have asked for more than the £16million he went for.
Bend it like Beckham: Ashley Young has slotted seamlessly into life at Manchester United

Bend it like Beckham: Ashley Young has slotted seamlessly into life at Manchester United
DAVIDE SANTON

(Inter Milan to Newcastle - £5m)

A good bit of business. He is highly regarded by respected coaches such as Marcello Lippi and Jose Mourinho, who recommended him to Newcastle.
Injuries to his right knee stalled his progress at Inter but the 20-year-old full back is fit and ready to kick-start his career.

BEN FOSTER

(Birmingham to West Bromwich Albion - loan, £1m)

Despite his blip against Stoke City, Foster could represent the difference between West Bromwich staying up or going down this season — and all for a £1m loan fee.

An excellent goalkeeper who will develop a better understanding with his defenders as the season goes on.
MICHEL VORM

(FC Utrecht to Swansea City - £1.5m)
Safe hands: Michael Vorm has proved a hit at Swansea with crucial saves already

Safe hands: Michael Vorm has proved a hit at Swansea with crucial saves already

Vorm looks an absolute steal. Brendan Rodgers had real problems finding a goalkeeper suitable for Swansea’s Barclays Premier League campaign and left it late, signing him only on August 10.

The 27-year-old has good feet, is agile and will give his team confidence.

SAMIR NASRI

(Arsenal to Man City - £24m)

The Frenchman already looks like the missing link for Roberto Mancini's[highlight]title pretenders[/highlight]. His movement and speed of thought have given City greater fluidity in attack and even at such a huge price for a player with one year left on his contract it represents great business.

It's a compliment. It simply means that we haven't actually won the title ......... yet.

don't be too sensitive now, pretty innocuous that.

I think it's a decent list to be honest, though you'll have to see how santone deals with prem attackers, I wouldn't be all that confident that he's up to it at the mo, definitely has talent though. I think QPR picking up barton on a free was a pretty good move, though he's a twat so he won't get much positive media attention.

I may be wrong, but I suspect that come May Aguero may be in that list and not Young.

The mail has been at it for ages, always a snide comment or two slipped in no matter what the story is about us, with Ian Ladyboy being the worst, almost certainly a ragarse and was one of the outlets for numpties tafia Poisonous leaks, though several others have taken cheap shots at the club with almost as much venom.

we must not be too sensitive but of course No 1 would have been Sergio had he been signed by either the scum or chelski

Your not wrong on that, no "Nazri snubs Nited" headline either, another that would have run if the red gets had managed to pinch him.

I cannot wait for young to inevitably go shit so everyone can stop wanking over him

Remember Villa at home last year when we won 3-0 I think, we were passing the ball around the Villa statues and Young was one of the worst players on the park so he resorted to two footed lunges on City players. Cannot wait for the derby!