List of English football transfers summer 2003

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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.

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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

DateNameMoving fromMoving toFee
30 April 2003 Flag of Nigeria.svg Yakubu Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Haifa Portsmouth
8 May 2003 Billy Mehmet West Ham United Flag of Scotland.svg Dunfermline Athletic
11 May 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Christophe Dugarry Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Girondins de Bordeaux Birmingham City
12 May 2003 Darren Kenton Norwich City Southampton
15 May 2003 Michael Bird Bolton Wanderers Flag of Scotland.svg Aberdeen
23 May 2003 Flag of Nigeria.svg Joseph Yobo Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Marseille Everton
27 May 2003 Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Croatia.svg Teddy Lučić Leeds United Flag of Germany.svg Bayer Leverkusen
27 May 2003 Gifton Noel-Williams Watford Stoke City
30 May 2003 Flag of Ireland.svg Graham Barrett Arsenal Coventry City
1 June 2003 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Philippe Senderos Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Servette Arsenal
3 June 2003 Gary Montgomery Coventry City Rotherham United
4 June 2003 David Seaman Arsenal Manchester City
4 June 2003 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Tarnat Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Manchester City
6 June 2003 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Patrik Berger Liverpool Portsmouth
9 June 2003 Flag of Ireland.svg Steve Finnan Fulham Liverpool
10 June 2003 Flag of Denmark.svg Bjarne Goldbæk Fulham Flag of Germany.svg Rot-Weiss Essen
11 June 2003 Flag of Ireland.svg Cliff Byrne Sunderland Scunthorpe United
16 June 2003 Flag of Ireland.svg Matt Holland Ipswich Town Charlton Athletic
20 June 2003 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Dejan Stefanović Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vitesse Portsmouth
23 June 2003 Luke Cornwall Fulham Bradford City
24 June 2003 Ian Taylor Aston Villa Derby County
24 June 2003 Flag of Croatia.svg Boris Živković Flag of Germany.svg Bayer Leverkusen Portsmouth
25 June 2003 Flag of Portugal.svg Hélder Postiga Flag of Portugal.svg Porto Tottenham Hotspur
26 June 2003 Lee Roche Manchester United Burnley
27 June 2003 Leo Fortune-West Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff City Doncaster Rovers
30 June 2003 Flag of Denmark.svg Brian Jensen West Bromwich Albion Burnley
30 June 2003 Teddy Sheringham Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth
1 July 2003 Gareth Ainsworth Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff City Queens Park Rangers
1 July 2003 David Beckham Manchester United Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
1 July 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Flag of Senegal.svg David Bellion Sunderland Manchester United
1 July 2003 Lee Bowyer West Ham United Newcastle United
2 July 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Florent Laville Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Olympique Lyonnais Bolton Wanderers
2 July 2003 Flag of Italy.svg Gianfranco Zola Chelsea Flag of Italy.svg Cagliari
3 July 2003 Flag of Cameroon.svg Eric Djemba-Djemba Flag of France.svg Nantes Manchester United
3 July 2003 Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Macho Sunderland Chelsea
4 July 2003 Ian Gray Rotherham United Huddersfield Town
7 July 2003 Chris Armstrong Oldham Athletic Sheffield United
7 July 2003 David Dunn Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City
7 July 2003 Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleh Luzhnyi Arsenal Wolverhampton Wanderers
7 July 2003 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harald Wapenaar Flag of the Netherlands.svg Utrecht Portsmouth
8 July 2003 Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Murray Bristol City Reading
8 July 2003 Flag of Denmark.svg Niclas Jensen Manchester City Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund
8 July 2003 Danny Webber Manchester United Watford
9 July 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Léandre Griffit Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Amiens Southampton
9 July 2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry Kewell Leeds United Liverpool
9 July 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Lilian Laslandes Sunderland Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Nice
10 July 2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Emerton Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord Blackburn Rovers
11 July 2003 Les Ferdinand West Ham United Leicester City
11 July 2003 Rob Hulse Crewe Alexandra West Bromwich Albion
14 July 2003 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Amoruso Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers Blackburn Rovers
14 July 2003 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bernt Haas Sunderland West Bromwich Albion
14 July 2003 Fitz Hall Oldham Athletic Southampton
15 July 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Olivier Dacourt Leeds United Flag of Italy.svg Roma
15 July 2003 Flag of the United States.svg Tim Howard Flag of the United States.svg MetroStars Manchester United
15 July 2003 Glen Johnson West Ham United Chelsea
16 July 2003 Flag of Cameroon.svg Geremi Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Chelsea
16 July 2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Italy.svg Tony Vidmar Middlesbrough Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff City
17 July 2003 Ben Thatcher Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City
18 July 2003 Flag of Spain.svg Iván Campo Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Bolton Wanderers
18 July 2003 Paul Merson Portsmouth Walsall
18 July 2003 Jody Morris Chelsea Leeds United
18 July 2003 Bobby Zamora Brighton & Hove Albion Tottenham Hotspur
21 July 2003 Wayne Bridge Southampton Chelsea
21 July 2003 Flag of Ireland.svg Damien Duff Blackburn Rovers Chelsea
21 July 2003 Graeme Le Saux Chelsea Southampton
21 July 2003 Trevor Sinclair West Ham United Manchester City
21 July 2003 Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Italy.svg Doriva Flag of Spain.svg Celta Vigo Middlesbrough
22 July 2003 Flag of Jamaica.svg Damien Francis Wimbledon Norwich City
23 July 2003 Kevin Davies Southampton Bolton Wanderers
23 July 2003 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Italy.svg Luciano Figueroa Flag of Argentina.svg Rosario Central Birmingham City
24 July 2003 Gavin McCann Sunderland Aston Villa
24 July 2003 Neil Shipperley Wimbledon Crystal Palace
25 July 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Yoann Folly Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Saint-Étienne Southampton
26 July 2003 Flag of Germany.svg Jens Lehmann Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund Arsenal
26 July 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Guillaume Warmuz Arsenal Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund
28 July 2003 Flag of Ireland.svg Steven Reid Millwall Blackburn Rovers
31 July 2003 Flag of Ireland.svg David Connolly Wimbledon West Ham United
31 July 2003 Jody Craddock Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers
31 July 2003 Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Gaardsøe Ipswich Town West Bromwich Albion
31 July 2003 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Artim Šakiri Flag of Bulgaria.svg CSKA Sofia West Bromwich Albion
1 August 2003 Flag of Senegal.svg Henri Camara Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Sedan Wolverhampton Wanderers
1 August 2003 Flag of Germany.svg Steffen Freund Tottenham Hotspur Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1 August 2003 Flag of Bermuda.svg Shaun Goater Manchester City Reading
1 August 2003 Flag of Slovakia.svg Vratislav Gresko Flag of Italy.svg Parma Blackburn Rovers
1 August 2003 Flag of Norway.svg Steffen Iversen Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers
1 August 2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Wilkshire Middlesbrough Bristol City
4 August 2003 Flag of Gibraltar.svg David Artell Rotherham United Mansfield Town
4 August 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Gaël Clichy Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Cannes Arsenal
4 August 2003 Matthew Etherington Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United
4 August 2003 Flag of Mali.svg Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Frédéric Kanouté West Ham United Tottenham Hotspur
4 August 2003 Rob Lee Derby County West Ham United
4 August 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Antoine Sibierski Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Lens Manchester City
4 August 2003 Ulster Banner.svg Jeff Whitley Manchester City Sunderland
4 August 2003 Alan Wright Aston Villa Middlesbrough
5 August 2003 Dave Beasant Brighton & Hove Albion Fulham
5 August 2003 Flag of Ireland.svg Gary Breen West Ham United Sunderland
5 August 2003 Flag of Senegal.svg Amdy Faye Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Auxerre Portsmouth
5 August 2003 Flag of Scotland.svg Neil McCann Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers Southampton
5 August 2003 Noel Whelan Middlesbrough Millwall
6 August 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Julien Baudet Oldham Athletic Rotherham United
6 August 2003 Joe Cole West Ham United Chelsea
6 August 2003 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Italy.svg Juan Sebastián Verón Manchester United Chelsea
8 August 2003 Scott Minto West Ham United Rotherham United
8 August 2003 Darel Russell Norwich City Stoke City
8 August 2003 Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Sørensen Sunderland Aston Villa
9 August 2003 James Beaumont Newcastle United Nottingham Forest
9 August 2003 Ross Gardner Newcastle United Nottingham Forest
11 August 2003 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Di Canio West Ham United Charlton Athletic
12 August 2003 Flag of Brazil.svg Kléberson Flag of Brazil.svg Atletico Paranaense Manchester United
12 August 2003 Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Mutu Flag of Italy.svg Parma Chelsea
12 August 2003 Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP Manchester United
13 August 2003 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Crossley Middlesbrough Fulham
13 August 2003 Flag of South Africa.svg Mbulelo Mabizela Flag of South Africa.svg Orlando Pirates Tottenham Hotspur
13 August 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Sebastian Schemmel West Ham United Portsmouth
14 August 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Aboubacar Fofana Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Millwall
14 August 2003 Flag of Ireland.svg Alan Lee Rotherham United Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff City
14 August 2003 Carlo Nash Manchester City Middlesbrough
14 August 2003 Kevin Phillips Sunderland Southampton
15 August 2003 Ulster Banner.svg Kevin Horlock Manchester City West Ham United
15 August 2003 Flag of Jamaica.svg Richard Langley Queens Park Rangers Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Cardiff City
20 August 2003 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bob Peeters Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vitesse Millwall
21 August 2003 Leon Knight Chelsea Brighton & Hove Albion
22 August 2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Tarka Flag of Australia (converted).svg Perth Glory Nottingham Forest
23 August 2003 Flag of Norway.svg Tore André Flo Sunderland Flag of Italy.svg Siena
26 August 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Pegguy Arphexad Liverpool Coventry City
26 August 2003 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Italy.svg Hernán Crespo Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale Chelsea
26 August 2003 Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Smertin Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Bordeaux Chelsea
27 August 2003 Gareth Taylor Burnley Nottingham Forest
28 August 2003 Anthony Tonkin Stockport County Crewe Alexandra
29 August 2003 Flag of Scotland.svg Barry Ferguson Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers Blackburn Rovers
29 August 2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Muscat Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers Millwall
29 August 2003 Flag of the United States.svg Claudio Reyna Sunderland Manchester City
29 August 2003 Flag of Scotland.svg Neil Sullivan Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea
29 August 2003 Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Emerson Thome Sunderland Bolton Wanderers
30 August 2003 Steve McManaman Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Manchester City
1 September 2003 Dexter Blackstock Oxford United Southampton
1 September 2003 Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Greer Blackburn Rovers Flag of Scotland.svg Kilmarnock
1 September 2003 Flag of Ireland.svg Kevin Kilbane Sunderland Everton
1 September 2003 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg Claude Makélélé Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Chelsea
1 September 2003 Nigel Martyn Leeds United Everton
1 September 2003 Flag of Scotland.svg James McFadden Flag of Scotland.svg Motherwell Everton
1 September 2003 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Pembridge Everton Fulham
1 September 2003 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Srníček Flag of Italy.svg Brescia Portsmouth

Notes

  1. "Ayegbeni achieves Premiership goal". UEFA. 30 April 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. "Arsenal sign Swiss defender". BBC Sport. 20 December 2002. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  3. "Liverpool agree Finnan deal". BBC Sport. 9 June 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  4. "Sheringham signs for Pompey". BBC Sport. 30 June 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  5. "Luzhny fit for Wolves". BBC Sport. 7 July 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  6. "Howard joins Man Utd". BBC Sport. 15 July 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  7. Simons, Raoul (23 July 2003). "Holdsworth returns to Wimbledon". Evening Standard. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  8. "Shipperley agrees Palace deal". BBC Sport. 24 July 2003. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Lehmann seals Arsenal switch". UEFA. 26 July 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  10. "Freund joins Kaiserslautern". BBC Sport. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  11. "Beasant close to Fulham deal". BBC Sport. 5 August 2003. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Hart: Forest's hunt will go on" . Nottingham Post. 9 August 2003 via NewsBank.
  13. "Mabizela nears Spurs move". BBC Sport. 13 August 2003. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  14. Spall, Leo (14 August 2003). "Millwall sign Juventus midfielder". Evening Standard. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

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