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The Blackburn Rovers defender Michel Salgado was in the United States yesterday, seeking a role at LA Galaxy, six weeks after claiming that he was being denied a game at Ewood Park because nine more appearances would entitle him to a new contract.

Roman Pavlyuchenko has completed his transfer from Tottenham to Lokomotiv Moscow, the Russian club have confirmed.

The transfer window has a frantic chemistry all of its own – a fact perfectly demonstrated by the two men who for a variety of reasons have suddenly found themselves Everton players.

Kevin Bond, the Tottenham assistant manager, is excited with their January transfer dealings, even if some Spurs supporters are not.

Since the implementation of a transfer window during the 2002/03 season, 'deadline day' has become something of a highlight during the football season.

Manchester's canals had started to freeze over long before this game kicked off, but at its finish there was a trickle of clear blue water between City and United. At the turn of the year, the Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini, had predicted that if his side were still top of the Premier League when the Touré brothers returned from the African Cup of Nations, his side would win the championship. They are still on course, if not by very much.

There was talk of disillusioned Arsenal supporters bringing black rubbish bags to yesterday's game to illustrate their feelings about the club's current standing. None materialised, although they could always have been offered to Blackburn Rovers' followers. They must be tempted to purloin the idea rather than merely protesting further against their manager Steve Kean, for whom the word beleaguered is no longer adequate.

New manager, new team, same old QPR. On 2 January Neil Warnock's QPR were leading Norwich City 1-0 and cruising when Joey Barton foolishly pushed his forehead against Bradley Johnson's and was sent off. QPR lost 2-1.

What new horizons might open up for Swansea City now they are also getting the hang of winning away? On an increasingly treacherous surface they produced another polished performance that lifted them to 30 points and mid-table security.

The meak performance in defeat at Sunderland in midweek would be a one-off, Norwich manager Paul Lambert promised, and so it proved. His Canaries were very much back to their best here, and thoroughly deserved to bring Bolton's revival to the sort of end which must have concerned manager Owen Coyle more than he was prepared to admit.

The sound of Sir Alex Ferguson singing is generally an indication that all is well in Manchester United's world, and although "Climb Every Mountain" is not known to be in his repertoire, it should nudge aside Frank Sinatra once in a while.

Even the inhibiting effects of an unremitting snowstorm could not put the skids under Sunderland's extraordinary revival under Martin O'Neill. Stoke felt they were hard done by after a red card for the defender Robert Huth obliged them to play the whole of the second half with 10 men but Sunderland have acquired such momentum since O'Neill took charge that even playing against 11 another three points would hardly have been at odds with the form book.