List of English football transfers summer 2003

This is a list of English football transfers for the 2003 summer transfer window. Only moves featuring at least one Premier League or First Division club are listed.

The summer transfer window opened on 1 July 2003, although a few transfers took place prior to that date. Players without a club may join one at any time, either during or in between transfer windows. Clubs below Premier League level may also sign players on loan at any time. If need be, clubs may sign a goalkeeper on an emergency loan, if all others are unavailable.

Transfers

May

Date	Name	Nat	Moving from	Moving to	Fee
8 May	Steve Finnan		Fulham	Liverpool	£3.5m
11 May	Christophe Dugarry		Girondins de Bordeaux	Birmingham City	Free
12 May	Darren Kenton		Norwich City	Southampton	Free
23 May	Joseph Yobo		Marseille	Everton	£3.5m
27 May	Teddy Lucic		Leeds United	Bayer Leverkusen	Free
27 May	Gifton Noel-Williams		Watford	Stoke City	Free

June

Date	Name	Nat	Moving from	Moving to	Fee

4 June 2003

• David Seaman from Arsenal to Manchester City, £8 million

4 June 2004

• Michael Tarnat from Bayern Munich to Manchester City, free

6 June 2003

• Patrik Berger from Liverpool to Portsmouth, free

7 June 2003

• Matt Holland from Ipswich Town to Charlton Athletic, £750,000

11 June 2003

• Gianfranco Zola from Chelsea to Cagliari Calcio, free

25 June 2003

• Hélder Postiga from FC Porto to Tottenham Hotspur, £8.25m

30 June 2003

• Teddy Sheringham from Tottenham Hotspur to Portsmouth

July

Date	Name	Nat	Moving from	Moving to	Fee

1 July 2003

• Lee Bowyer from West Ham United to Newcastle United, free
• David Bellion from Sunderland to Manchester United, free (Manchester United had to pay compensation to Sunderland due to players age)
• Philippe Senderos from Servette to Arsenal, Undisclosed

2 July 2003

• David Beckham from Manchester United to Real Madrid, £25m

3 July 2003

• David Dunn from Blackburn Rovers to Birmingham City, £5.5m

7 July 2003

• Eric Djemba-Djemba from Nantes to Manchester United, £6.5m

8 July 2003

• Niclas Jensen from Manchester City to Borussia Dortmund, £750,000

10 July 2003

• Brett Emerton from Feyenoord to Blackburn Rovers, £2.5m

11 July 2003

• Les Ferdinand from West Ham United to Leicester City, free

14 July 2003

• Lorenzo Amoruso from Rangers to Blackburn Rovers, £1.4m

15 July 2003

• Tim Howard from Major League Soccer (MetroStars) to Manchester United, £2.2m
• Glen Johnson from West Ham United to Chelsea, £6m

16 July 2003

• Geremi from Real Madrid to Chelsea, undisclosed
• Tony Vidmar from Middlesbrough to Cardiff City, free

17 July 2003

• Iván Campo from Real Madrid to Bolton Wanderers, free

18 July 2003

• Paul Merson from Portsmouth to Walsall, free
• Bobby Zamora from Brighton and Hove Albion to Tottenham Hotspur, £1.5m
• Ben Thatcher from Tottenham Hotspur to Leicester City, free

21 July 2003 (later )

• Wayne Bridge from Southampton to Chelsea, £7m
• Damien Duff from Blackburn Rovers to Chelsea, £17m
• Graeme Le Saux from Chelsea to Southampton, £500,000
• Trevor Sinclair from West Ham United to Manchester City, £2.5m
• Doriva from Celta Vigo to Middlesbrough, free

23 July 2003

• Kevin Davies from Southampton to Bolton Wanderers, free

24 July 2003

• Oleg Luzhny from Arsenal to Wolverhampton Wanderers, free
• Gavin McCann from Sunderland to Aston Villa, £2.25m

26 July 2003

• Jens Lehmann from Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal, Undisclosed

28 July 2003

• Steven Reid from Millwall to Blackburn Rovers, £2.5m
• Dejan Stefanovic from Vitesse Arnhem to Portsmouth, £1.9m

31 July 2003

• David Connolly from Wimbledon to West Ham United, £285,000
• Jody Craddock from Sunderland to Wolverhampton Wanderers, £1.75m

August

Date	Name	Nat	Moving from	Moving to	Fee

1 August 2003

• Vratislav Gresko from Parma to Blackburn Rovers, £1.2m
• Shaun Goater from Manchester City to Reading, £500,000
• Steffen Iversen from Tottenham Hotspur to Wolverhampton Wanderers, free
• Henri Camara from Sedan to Wolverhampton Wanderers, £1.5m

2 August 2003

• Antoine Sibierski from RC Lens to Manchester City, £700,000
• Alan Wright from Aston Villa to Middlesbrough, free

3 August 2003

• Rob Lee from Derby County to West Ham United, free

4 August 2003

• Gaël Clichy from Cannes to Arsenal, Nominal
• Luciano Figueroa from Rosario to Birmingham, £2.5m
• Frédéric Kanouté from West Ham United to Tottenham Hotspur, £3.5m
• Matthew Etherington from Tottenham Hotspur to West Ham United, Swap for Kanouté

5 August 2003

• Amdy Faye from Auxerre to Portsmouth, £1.5m
• Gary Breen from West Ham United to Sunderland, free

6 August 2003

• Joe Cole from West Ham United to Chelsea, £6.6m
• Juan Sebastián Verón from Manchester United to Chelsea, £15m

8 August 2003

• Thomas Sørensen from Sunderland to Aston Villa, £2.25m

11 August 2003

• Paolo Di Canio from West Ham United to Charlton Athletic, free

12 August 2003

• Cristiano Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon to Manchester United, £12m
• Kleberson from Atletico Paranaense to Manchester United, £5.9m

13 August 2003

• Mark Crossley from Middlesbrough to Fulham, £500,000

14 August 2003

• Adrian Mutu from Parma to Chelsea, £15m
• Carlo Nash from Manchester City to Middlesbrough, Nominal
• Sebastian Schemmel from West Ham United to Portsmouth, free

15 August 2003

• Kevin Horlock from Manchester City to West Ham United, £500,000

21 August 2003

• Gaizka Mendieta from Lazio to Middlesbrough, season-long loan

24 August 2003

• Danny Mills from Leeds United to Middlesbrough, season-long loan

25 August 2003

• Alexei Smertin from Girondins de Bordeaux to Chelsea, £3.45m

26 August 2003

• Hernán Crespo from Internazionale to Chelsea, £17m

29 August 2003

• Claudio Reyna from Sunderland to Manchester City, £2.5m
• Barry Ferguson from Rangers to Blackburn Rovers, £7.5m

30 August 2003

• Steve McManaman from Real Madrid to Manchester City, free
• Boudewijn Zenden from Chelsea to Middlesbrough, season-long loan

31 August 2003

• Claude Makélélé from Real Madrid to Chelsea, £16m

References

General

• Transfers, May 2003
• Transfers, June 2003
• Transfers, July 2003
• Transfers, August 2003
• Transfers, January 2004