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

Date Name Moving from Moving to Fee
30 April 2003 Nigeria Yakubu Israel Maccabi Haifa Portsmouth Undisclosed[1]
8 May 2003 Billy Mehmet West Ham United Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free
11 May 2003 France Christophe Dugarry France Girondins de Bordeaux Birmingham City Free
12 May 2003 Darren Kenton Norwich City Southampton Free
15 May 2003 Michael Bird Bolton Wanderers Scotland Aberdeen Free
23 May 2003 Nigeria Joseph Yobo France Marseille Everton £3.5m
27 May 2003 Sweden Teddy Lučić Leeds United Germany Bayer Leverkusen Free
27 May 2003 Gifton Noel-Williams Watford Stoke City Free
30 May 2003 Republic of Ireland Graham Barrett Arsenal Coventry City Free
1 June 2003 Switzerland Philippe Senderos Switzerland Servette Arsenal Undisclosed[2]
3 June 2003 Gary Montgomery Coventry City Rotherham United Free
4 June 2003 David Seaman Arsenal Manchester City Free
4 June 2003 Germany Michael Tarnat Germany Bayern Munich Manchester City Free
6 June 2003 Czech Republic Patrik Berger Liverpool Portsmouth Free
9 June 2003 Republic of Ireland Steve Finnan Fulham Liverpool £3.5m[3]
10 June 2003 Denmark Bjarne Goldbæk Fulham Germany Rot-Weiss Essen Free
11 June 2003 Republic of Ireland Cliff Byrne Sunderland Scunthorpe United Free
16 June 2003 Republic of Ireland Matt Holland Ipswich Town Charlton Athletic £750,000
20 June 2003 Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Stefanović Netherlands Vitesse Portsmouth £1.85m
23 June 2003 Luke Cornwall Fulham Bradford City Free
24 June 2003 Ian Taylor Aston Villa Derby County Free
24 June 2003 Croatia Boris Živković Germany Bayer Leverkusen Portsmouth Free
25 June 2003 Portugal Hélder Postiga Portugal Porto Tottenham Hotspur £6.25m
26 June 2003 Lee Roche Manchester United Burnley Free
27 June 2003 Leo Fortune-West Wales Cardiff City Doncaster Rovers Free
30 June 2003 Denmark Brian Jensen West Bromwich Albion Burnley Free
30 June 2003 Teddy Sheringham Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth Free[4]
1 July 2003 Gareth Ainsworth Wales Cardiff City Queens Park Rangers Free
1 July 2003 David Beckham Manchester United Spain Real Madrid £25m
1 July 2003 France David Bellion Sunderland Manchester United Compensation
1 July 2003 Lee Bowyer West Ham United Newcastle United Free
2 July 2003 France Florent Laville France Olympique Lyonnais Bolton Wanderers £500,000
2 July 2003 Italy Gianfranco Zola Chelsea Italy Cagliari Free
3 July 2003 Cameroon Eric Djemba-Djemba France Nantes Manchester United £3.5m
3 July 2003 Austria Jürgen Macho Sunderland Chelsea Free
4 July 2003 Ian Gray Rotherham United Huddersfield Town Free
7 July 2003 Chris Armstrong Oldham Athletic Sheffield United £100,000
7 July 2003 David Dunn Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City £5.5m
7 July 2003 Ukraine Oleh Luzhnyi Arsenal Wolverhampton Wanderers Free[5]
7 July 2003 Netherlands Harald Wapenaar Netherlands Utrecht Portsmouth Free
8 July 2003 Scotland Scott Murray Bristol City Reading £400,000
8 July 2003 Denmark Niclas Jensen Manchester City Germany Borussia Dortmund Undisclosed
8 July 2003 Danny Webber Manchester United Watford Free
9 July 2003 France Léandre Griffit France Amiens Southampton Compensation
9 July 2003 Australia Harry Kewell Leeds United Liverpool £5m
9 July 2003 France Lilian Laslandes Sunderland France Nice Free
10 July 2003 Australia Brett Emerton Netherlands Feyenoord Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed
11 July 2003 Les Ferdinand West Ham United Leicester City Free
11 July 2003 Rob Hulse Crewe Alexandra West Bromwich Albion £750,000
14 July 2003 Italy Lorenzo Amoruso Scotland Rangers Blackburn Rovers £1.4m
14 July 2003 Switzerland Bernt Haas Sunderland West Bromwich Albion £500,000
14 July 2003 Fitz Hall Oldham Athletic Southampton £250,000
15 July 2003 France Olivier Dacourt Leeds United Italy Roma £3.5m
15 July 2003 United States Tim Howard United States MetroStars Manchester United £2.3m[6]
15 July 2003 Glen Johnson West Ham United Chelsea £6m
16 July 2003 Cameroon Geremi Spain Real Madrid Chelsea £7m
16 July 2003 Australia Tony Vidmar Middlesbrough Wales Cardiff City Free
17 July 2003 Ben Thatcher Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City Free
18 July 2003 Spain Iván Campo Spain Real Madrid Bolton Wanderers Free
18 July 2003 Paul Merson Portsmouth Walsall Free
18 July 2003 Jody Morris Chelsea Leeds United Free
18 July 2003 Bobby Zamora Brighton & Hove Albion Tottenham Hotspur £1.5m
21 July 2003 Wayne Bridge Southampton Chelsea £7m
21 July 2003 Republic of Ireland Damien Duff Blackburn Rovers Chelsea £17m
21 July 2003 Graeme Le Saux Chelsea Southampton £500,000
21 July 2003 Trevor Sinclair West Ham United Manchester City £2.5m
21 July 2003 Brazil Doriva Spain Celta Vigo Middlesbrough Free
22 July 2003 Jamaica Damien Francis Wimbledon Norwich City £375,000[7]
23 July 2003 Kevin Davies Southampton Bolton Wanderers Free
23 July 2003 Argentina Luciano Figueroa Argentina Rosario Central Birmingham City £2.5m
24 July 2003 Gavin McCann Sunderland Aston Villa £2.25m
24 July 2003 Neil Shipperley Wimbledon Crystal Palace Undisclosed[8]
25 July 2003 France Yoann Folly France Saint-Étienne Southampton £250,000
26 July 2003 Germany Jens Lehmann Germany Borussia Dortmund Arsenal Undisclosed[9]
26 July 2003 France Guillaume Warmuz Arsenal Germany Borussia Dortmund Undisclosed[9]
28 July 2003 Republic of Ireland Steven Reid Millwall Blackburn Rovers £2.5m
31 July 2003 Republic of Ireland David Connolly Wimbledon West Ham United £285,000
31 July 2003 Jody Craddock Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers £1.75m
31 July 2003 Denmark Thomas Gaardsøe Ipswich Town West Bromwich Albion £520,000
31 July 2003 North Macedonia Artim Šakiri Bulgaria CSKA Sofia West Bromwich Albion Nominal
1 August 2003 Senegal Henri Camara France Sedan Wolverhampton Wanderers £1.5m
1 August 2003 Germany Steffen Freund Tottenham Hotspur Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Free[10]
1 August 2003 Bermuda Shaun Goater Manchester City Reading £500,000
1 August 2003 Slovakia Vratislav Gresko Italy Parma Blackburn Rovers £1.2m
1 August 2003 Norway Steffen Iversen Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers Free
1 August 2003 Australia Luke Wilkshire Middlesbrough Bristol City £250,000
4 August 2003 Gibraltar David Artell Rotherham United Mansfield Town Free
4 August 2003 France Gaël Clichy France Cannes Arsenal Compensation
4 August 2003 Matthew Etherington Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United £1m
4 August 2003 Mali Frédéric Kanouté West Ham United Tottenham Hotspur £3.5m
4 August 2003 Rob Lee Derby County West Ham United Free
4 August 2003 France Antoine Sibierski France Lens Manchester City £700,000
4 August 2003 Northern Ireland Jeff Whitley Manchester City Sunderland Free
4 August 2003 Alan Wright Aston Villa Middlesbrough Free
5 August 2003 Dave Beasant Brighton & Hove Albion Fulham Free[11]
5 August 2003 Republic of Ireland Gary Breen West Ham United Sunderland Free
5 August 2003 Senegal Amdy Faye France Auxerre Portsmouth Undisclosed
5 August 2003 Scotland Neil McCann Scotland Rangers Southampton £1.5m
5 August 2003 Noel Whelan Middlesbrough Millwall Undisclosed
6 August 2003 France Julien Baudet Oldham Athletic Rotherham United Free
6 August 2003 Joe Cole West Ham United Chelsea £6.6m
6 August 2003 Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón Manchester United Chelsea £15m
8 August 2003 Scott Minto West Ham United Rotherham United Free
8 August 2003 Darel Russell Norwich City Stoke City £125,000
8 August 2003 Denmark Thomas Sørensen Sunderland Aston Villa £2.25m
9 August 2003 James Beaumont Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Undisclosed[12]
9 August 2003 Ross Gardner Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Undisclosed[12]
11 August 2003 Italy Paolo Di Canio West Ham United Charlton Athletic Free
12 August 2003 Brazil Kléberson Brazil Atletico Paranaense Manchester United £6m
12 August 2003 Romania Adrian Mutu Italy Parma Chelsea £15.8m
12 August 2003 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Sporting CP Manchester United £12.24m
13 August 2003 Wales Mark Crossley Middlesbrough Fulham Undisclosed
13 August 2003 South Africa Mbulelo Mabizela South Africa Orlando Pirates Tottenham Hotspur Undisclosed[13]
13 August 2003 France Sebastian Schemmel West Ham United Portsmouth Undisclosed
14 August 2003 France Aboubacar Fofana Italy Juventus Millwall Undisclosed[14]
14 August 2003 Republic of Ireland Alan Lee Rotherham United Wales Cardiff City £850,000
14 August 2003 Carlo Nash Manchester City Middlesbrough Nominal
14 August 2003 Kevin Phillips Sunderland Southampton £3.25m
15 August 2003 Northern Ireland Kevin Horlock Manchester City West Ham United £300,000
15 August 2003 Jamaica Richard Langley Queens Park Rangers Wales Cardiff City £200,000
20 August 2003 Belgium Bob Peeters Netherlands Vitesse Millwall Undisclosed
21 August 2003 Leon Knight Chelsea Brighton & Hove Albion £100,000
22 August 2003 Australia David Tarka Australia Perth Glory Nottingham Forest £100,000
23 August 2003 Norway Tore André Flo Sunderland Italy Siena Undisclosed
26 August 2003 France Pegguy Arphexad Liverpool Coventry City Free
26 August 2003 Argentina Hernán Crespo Italy Internazionale Chelsea £16.8m
26 August 2003 Russia Alexei Smertin France Bordeaux Chelsea £3.45m
27 August 2003 Gareth Taylor Burnley Nottingham Forest £500,000
28 August 2003 Anthony Tonkin Stockport County Crewe Alexandra £150,000
29 August 2003 Scotland Barry Ferguson Scotland Rangers Blackburn Rovers £7.5m
29 August 2003 Australia Kevin Muscat Scotland Rangers Millwall Free
29 August 2003 United States Claudio Reyna Sunderland Manchester City £2.5m
29 August 2003 Scotland Neil Sullivan Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea £500,000
29 August 2003 Brazil Emerson Thome Sunderland Bolton Wanderers Free
30 August 2003 Steve McManaman Spain Real Madrid Manchester City Free
1 September 2003 Dexter Blackstock Oxford United Southampton Undisclosed
1 September 2003 Scotland Gordon Greer Blackburn Rovers Scotland Kilmarnock Free
1 September 2003 Republic of Ireland Kevin Kilbane Sunderland Everton £1m
1 September 2003 France Claude Makélélé Spain Real Madrid Chelsea £16.6m
1 September 2003 Nigel Martyn Leeds United Everton Nominal
1 September 2003 Scotland James McFadden Scotland Motherwell Everton Undisclosed
1 September 2003 Wales Mark Pembridge Everton Fulham Undisclosed
1 September 2003 Czech Republic Pavel Srníček Italy Brescia Portsmouth Undisclosed

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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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