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.
Date
Name
Moving from
Moving to
Fee
30 April 2003
Yakubu
Maccabi Haifa
Portsmouth
Undisclosed[ 1]
8 May 2003
Billy Mehmet
West Ham United
Dunfermline Athletic
Free
11 May 2003
Christophe Dugarry
Girondins de Bordeaux
Birmingham City
Free
12 May 2003
Darren Kenton
Norwich City
Southampton
Free
15 May 2003
Michael Bird
Bolton Wanderers
Aberdeen
Free
23 May 2003
Joseph Yobo
Marseille
Everton
£3.5m
27 May 2003
Teddy Lučić
Leeds United
Bayer Leverkusen
Free
27 May 2003
Gifton Noel-Williams
Watford
Stoke City
Free
30 May 2003
Graham Barrett
Arsenal
Coventry City
Free
1 June 2003
Philippe Senderos
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
Michael Tarnat
Bayern Munich
Manchester City
Free
6 June 2003
Patrik Berger
Liverpool
Portsmouth
Free
9 June 2003
Steve Finnan
Fulham
Liverpool
£3.5m[ 3]
10 June 2003
Bjarne Goldbæk
Fulham
Rot-Weiss Essen
Free
11 June 2003
Cliff Byrne
Sunderland
Scunthorpe United
Free
16 June 2003
Matt Holland
Ipswich Town
Charlton Athletic
£750,000
20 June 2003
Dejan Stefanović
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
Boris Živković
Bayer Leverkusen
Portsmouth
Free
25 June 2003
Hélder Postiga
Porto
Tottenham Hotspur
£6.25m
26 June 2003
Lee Roche
Manchester United
Burnley
Free
27 June 2003
Leo Fortune-West
Cardiff City
Doncaster Rovers
Free
30 June 2003
Brian Jensen
West Bromwich Albion
Burnley
Free
30 June 2003
Teddy Sheringham
Tottenham Hotspur
Portsmouth
Free[ 4]
1 July 2003
Gareth Ainsworth
Cardiff City
Queens Park Rangers
Free
1 July 2003
David Beckham
Manchester United
Real Madrid
£25m
1 July 2003
David Bellion
Sunderland
Manchester United
Compensation
1 July 2003
Lee Bowyer
West Ham United
Newcastle United
Free
2 July 2003
Florent Laville
Olympique Lyonnais
Bolton Wanderers
£500,000
2 July 2003
Gianfranco Zola
Chelsea
Cagliari
Free
3 July 2003
Eric Djemba-Djemba
Nantes
Manchester United
£3.5m
3 July 2003
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
Oleh Luzhnyi
Arsenal
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Free[ 5]
7 July 2003
Harald Wapenaar
Utrecht
Portsmouth
Free
8 July 2003
Scott Murray
Bristol City
Reading
£400,000
8 July 2003
Niclas Jensen
Manchester City
Borussia Dortmund
Undisclosed
8 July 2003
Danny Webber
Manchester United
Watford
Free
9 July 2003
Léandre Griffit
Amiens
Southampton
Compensation
9 July 2003
Harry Kewell
Leeds United
Liverpool
£5m
9 July 2003
Lilian Laslandes
Sunderland
Nice
Free
10 July 2003
Brett Emerton
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
Lorenzo Amoruso
Rangers
Blackburn Rovers
£1.4m
14 July 2003
Bernt Haas
Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion
£500,000
14 July 2003
Fitz Hall
Oldham Athletic
Southampton
£250,000
15 July 2003
Olivier Dacourt
Leeds United
Roma
£3.5m
15 July 2003
Tim Howard
MetroStars
Manchester United
£2.3m[ 6]
15 July 2003
Glen Johnson
West Ham United
Chelsea
£6m
16 July 2003
Geremi
Real Madrid
Chelsea
£7m
16 July 2003
Tony Vidmar
Middlesbrough
Cardiff City
Free
17 July 2003
Ben Thatcher
Tottenham Hotspur
Leicester City
Free
18 July 2003
Iván Campo
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
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
Doriva
Celta Vigo
Middlesbrough
Free
22 July 2003
Damien Francis
Wimbledon
Norwich City
£375,000[ 7]
23 July 2003
Kevin Davies
Southampton
Bolton Wanderers
Free
23 July 2003
Luciano Figueroa
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
Yoann Folly
Saint-Étienne
Southampton
£250,000
26 July 2003
Jens Lehmann
Borussia Dortmund
Arsenal
Undisclosed[ 9]
26 July 2003
Guillaume Warmuz
Arsenal
Borussia Dortmund
Undisclosed[ 9]
28 July 2003
Steven Reid
Millwall
Blackburn Rovers
£2.5m
31 July 2003
David Connolly
Wimbledon
West Ham United
£285,000
31 July 2003
Jody Craddock
Sunderland
Wolverhampton Wanderers
£1.75m
31 July 2003
Thomas Gaardsøe
Ipswich Town
West Bromwich Albion
£520,000
31 July 2003
Artim Šakiri
CSKA Sofia
West Bromwich Albion
Nominal
1 August 2003
Henri Camara
Sedan
Wolverhampton Wanderers
£1.5m
1 August 2003
Steffen Freund
Tottenham Hotspur
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Free[ 10]
1 August 2003
Shaun Goater
Manchester City
Reading
£500,000
1 August 2003
Vratislav Gresko
Parma
Blackburn Rovers
£1.2m
1 August 2003
Steffen Iversen
Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Free
1 August 2003
Luke Wilkshire
Middlesbrough
Bristol City
£250,000
4 August 2003
David Artell
Rotherham United
Mansfield Town
Free
4 August 2003
Gaël Clichy
Cannes
Arsenal
Compensation
4 August 2003
Matthew Etherington
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
£1m
4 August 2003
Frédéric Kanouté
West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspur
£3.5m
4 August 2003
Rob Lee
Derby County
West Ham United
Free
4 August 2003
Antoine Sibierski
Lens
Manchester City
£700,000
4 August 2003
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
Gary Breen
West Ham United
Sunderland
Free
5 August 2003
Amdy Faye
Auxerre
Portsmouth
Undisclosed
5 August 2003
Neil McCann
Rangers
Southampton
£1.5m
5 August 2003
Noel Whelan
Middlesbrough
Millwall
Undisclosed
6 August 2003
Julien Baudet
Oldham Athletic
Rotherham United
Free
6 August 2003
Joe Cole
West Ham United
Chelsea
£6.6m
6 August 2003
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
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
Paolo Di Canio
West Ham United
Charlton Athletic
Free
12 August 2003
Kléberson
Atletico Paranaense
Manchester United
£6m
12 August 2003
Adrian Mutu
Parma
Chelsea
£15.8m
12 August 2003
Cristiano Ronaldo
Sporting CP
Manchester United
£12.24m
13 August 2003
Mark Crossley
Middlesbrough
Fulham
Undisclosed
13 August 2003
Mbulelo Mabizela
Orlando Pirates
Tottenham Hotspur
Undisclosed[ 13]
13 August 2003
Sebastian Schemmel
West Ham United
Portsmouth
Undisclosed
14 August 2003
Aboubacar Fofana
Juventus
Millwall
Undisclosed[ 14]
14 August 2003
Alan Lee
Rotherham United
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
Kevin Horlock
Manchester City
West Ham United
£300,000
15 August 2003
Richard Langley
Queens Park Rangers
Cardiff City
£200,000
20 August 2003
Bob Peeters
Vitesse
Millwall
Undisclosed
21 August 2003
Leon Knight
Chelsea
Brighton & Hove Albion
£100,000
22 August 2003
David Tarka
Perth Glory
Nottingham Forest
£100,000
23 August 2003
Tore André Flo
Sunderland
Siena
Undisclosed
26 August 2003
Pegguy Arphexad
Liverpool
Coventry City
Free
26 August 2003
Hernán Crespo
Internazionale
Chelsea
£16.8m
26 August 2003
Alexei Smertin
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
Barry Ferguson
Rangers
Blackburn Rovers
£7.5m
29 August 2003
Kevin Muscat
Rangers
Millwall
Free
29 August 2003
Claudio Reyna
Sunderland
Manchester City
£2.5m
29 August 2003
Neil Sullivan
Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea
£500,000
29 August 2003
Emerson Thome
Sunderland
Bolton Wanderers
Free
30 August 2003
Steve McManaman
Real Madrid
Manchester City
Free
1 September 2003
Dexter Blackstock
Oxford United
Southampton
Undisclosed
1 September 2003
Gordon Greer
Blackburn Rovers
Kilmarnock
Free
1 September 2003
Kevin Kilbane
Sunderland
Everton
£1m
1 September 2003
Claude Makélélé
Real Madrid
Chelsea
£16.6m
1 September 2003
Nigel Martyn
Leeds United
Everton
Nominal
1 September 2003
James McFadden
Motherwell
Everton
Undisclosed
1 September 2003
Mark Pembridge
Everton
Fulham
Undisclosed
1 September 2003
Pavel Srníček
Brescia
Portsmouth
Undisclosed