Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic (L) and Real Madrid's Mesut Ozil fight for the ball during their Guinness International Champions Cup final soccer match in Miami Gardens, Florida Aug 7, 2013.[Photo/Agencies]

LONDON - Arsenal paid Real Madrid a club record fee for Germany playmaker Mesut Ozil and Manchester United bought Belgium forward Marouane Fellaini from Everton in a crazy last hour before the transfer window closed on Monday.

The two big-money deals followed close on the heels of Wales winger Gareth Bale's world record move from Tottenham Hotspur to Real on Sunday worth $131.88 million.

After a quiet start to deadline day, things began hotting up when Arsenal smashed their club record by spending $66.15 million on Ozil.

The fee eclipsed the previous highest of 15 million pounds that the North London side paid for Russia forward Andriy Arshavin in 2009.

It was also the first major signing of the window for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger who had been heavily criticised by the fans and the media for not buying new players.

"I have said throughout the summer that we have been working hard to bring in top-quality players," he told the club website (www.arsenal.com) after landing long-term target Ozil, 24.

"This has involved many, many people across the club and I have always had the full support of the club in making decisions on the football side."

It was also all quiet on the north-western front at Arsenal's Premier League rivals Manchester United until manager David Moyes ended his long pursuit of Fellaini by returning to his former club Everton to sign the mop-haired Belgian.

Fellaini, 25, cost the Premier League champions $43 million, Everton said on their website (www.evertonfc.com).

Everton were also busy recruiting on deadline day, signing young Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku and ex-England midfielder Gareth Barry on season-long loan deals and buying playmaker James McCarthy from Wigan Athletic for $20 million.

Everton's Merseyside rivals Liverpool had completed three deals earlier in the day.

The league leaders signed central defenders Mamadou Sakho and Tiago Ilori from Paris St Germain and Sporting Lisbon respectively for a combined fee of $39 million and took Nigeria winger Victor Moses on a season-long loan from Chelsea.