Berbatov and Robinho head to Manchester

By Martyn Herman

LONDON (Reuters) - The Premier League again provided the late-night drama at the end of the transfer window on Monday with Dimitar Berbatov and Robinho joining Manchester United and Manchester City respectively.

The 27-year-old Berbatov finally sealed his switch to United from Tottenham Hotspur for 30.75 million pounds, agreeing a four-year contract with the English and European champions.

City made an audacious late bid to sign the Bulgarian but having failed with that they did pull off the shock purchase of Brazilian striker Robinho from Real Madrid.

The fee was believed to be a record 32.5 million pounds. City's sudden spending power came after the club confirmed they had signed a memorandum of understanding with an Abu Dhabi investment company about a takeover.

In other major deadline day deals, Manchester United sold forward Louis Saha to Everton, while Tottenham signed Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow for 17 million euros and Manchester City defender Vedran Corluka for 8.5 million pounds.

Liverpool added Spanish winger Albert Riera to their ranks, the 26-year-old signing from Espanyol with Ireland defender Steve Finnan moving in the opposite direction.

Trading in Spain was quiet on Monday with the big deals already done.

Barcelona have been the biggest spenders in the Primera Liga as new coach Pep Guardiola aims to prevent arch-rivals Real Madrid from claiming a third successive league title.