Surprising as it sounds I'm pleased to see United's fast start and that of Wayne Rooney. No, once again I'm not a secret Red, but rather United's fast start has blunted some of the coverage of City and Sergio Aguero. Had United started slowly, say like a Tottenham or Arsenal, then the pressure and hype around City would have been immense.

Part Two of a look at the best summer transfers in the Premier League concludes with the top ten. Matthew Upson/Jonathan Woodgate, Owen Hargreaves, Roger Johnson, Zoltan Gera, Samir Nasri, Mikel Arteta, Jordan Henderson, Davide Santon, Peter Crouch and Charlie Adam made up the first half of the top 20. Who's number one? It isn't who you think...

Time for my now traditional annual look at the transfer window. It’s a measure this year of the quality that moved into and/or around the Premier League that when I first started to analyze the transfer window I had 27 names that stood out and those did not include Wilson Palacios, Jay Bothroyd, Daniel Ayala, Yohan Cabaye, David De Gea, Alexander Doni, Bryan Ruiz, Raul Meireles, David Ngog, Alan Hutton or Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.