# List of English football transfers winter 2008–09

This is a list of English football transfers for the 2008–09 winter transfer window. Only moves featuring at least one Premier League or Championship club are listed.
The winter transfer window opened on 1 January 2009, although a few transfers took place prior to that date. The window was originally going to close at 00:00 on 1 February 2009, but it was extended to 17:00 on 2 February 2009 because 31 January fell on a Saturday. However, due to snowy conditions, the Premier League allowed some transfers to be completed after that time, provided that the clubs involved could prove that a deal had been agreed in principle and that the snow had caused the delay in the transfer. Players without a club may join one at any time, either during or in between transfer windows. Clubs below Premiership 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 |
| 2 September 2008 | David Di Michele | Torino | West Ham United | Loan |
| 2 September 2008 | Hérita Ilunga | Toulouse | West Ham United | Loan |
| 2 September 2008 | Émile Mpenza | Unattached | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
| 2 September 2008 | James Waite | Unattached | Doncaster Rovers | Free |
| 5 September 2008 | Walter Alberto López | Unattached | West Ham United | Free |
| 9 September 2008 | Frank Fielding | Blackburn Rovers | Northampton Town | Loan |
| 9 September 2008 | Rostyn Griffiths | Blackburn Rovers | Accrington Stanley | Loan |
| 9 September 2008 | Dan Smith | Plymouth Argyle | Morecambe | Loan |
| 10 September 2008 | Damiano Tommasi | Unattached | Queens Park Rangers | Free |
| 11 September 2008 | Joe Anyinsah | Preston North End | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan |
| 11 September 2008 | Karl Hawley | Preston North End | Northampton Town | Loan |
| 11 September 2008 | Donal McDermott | Manchester City | Milton Keynes Dons | Loan |
| 11 September 2008 | Gabriel Zakuani | Fulham | Peterborough United | Loan |
| 12 September 2008 | Robbie Fowler | Unattached | Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 12 September 2008 | Jack Jeffery | West Ham United | Leyton Orient | Loan |
| 12 September 2008 | Jordan Rhodes | Ipswich Town | Rochdale | Loan |
| 15 September 2008 | Scott Murray | Bristol City | Cheltenham Town | Loan |
| 15 September 2008 | Jon Stead | Sheffield United | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 16 September 2008 | Richard Kingson | Unattached | Wigan Athletic | Free |
| 18 September 2008 | Luke Boden | Sheffield Wednesday | Chesterfield | Loan |
| 18 September 2008 | Jennison Myrie-Williams | Bristol City | Carlisle United | Loan |
| 19 September 2008 | David Button | Tottenham Hotspur | Grays Athletic | Loan |
| 19 September 2008 | Joel Lynch | Brighton & Hove Albion | Nottingham Forest | Loan |
| 19 September 2008 | Josh Wright | Charlton Athletic | Brentford | Loan |
| 23 September 2008 | Stelios Giannakopoulos | Unattached | Hull City | Free |
| 23 September 2008 | Artur Krysiak | Birmingham City | Swansea City | Loan |
| 23 September 2008 | Tomi Ameobi | Doncaster Rovers | Grimsby Town | Loan |
| 24 September 2008 | Mineiro | Unattached | Chelsea | Free |
| 24 September 2008 | Lewis Montrose | Wigan Athletic | Cheltenham Town | Loan |
| 24 September 2008 | Josh Payne | West Ham United | Cheltenham Town | Loan |
| 25 September 2008 | Andy Barcham | Tottenham Hotspur | Gillingham | Loan |
| 25 September 2008 | Craig Beattie | West Bromwich Albion | Crystal Palace | Loan |
| 25 September 2008 | Gary Borrowdale | Coventry City | Colchester United | Loan |
| 25 September 2008 | Jermaine Easter | Plymouth Argyle | Millwall | Loan |
| 25 September 2008 | Adam Federici | Reading | Southend United | Loan |
| 25 September 2008 | Matt Ritchie | Portsmouth | Dagenham & Redbridge | Loan |
| 26 September 2008 | Nathan Dyer | Southampton | Sheffield United | Loan |
| 26 September 2008 | Stuart Fleetwood | Charlton Athletic | Cheltenham Town | Loan |
| 26 September 2008 | Jordan Robertson | Sheffield United | Southampton | Loan |
| 26 September 2008 | Sam Sodje | Reading | Watford | Loan |
| 26 September 2008 | Kevin Thornton | Coventry City | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan |
| 29 September 2008 | Jay McEveley | Derby County | Preston North End | Loan |
| 30 September 2008 | Dennis Lawrence | Swansea City | Crewe Alexandra | Loan |
| 30 September 2008 | Mark Tyler | Peterborough United | Watford | Loan |
| 30 September 2008 | Darren Ward | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Watford | Loan |
| 1 October 2008 | Luke Chadwick | Norwich City | Milton Keynes Dons | Loan |
| 1 October 2008 | Kevin Kyle | Coventry City | Hartlepool United | Loan |
| 1 October 2008 | Leroy Lita | Reading | Norwich City | Loan |
| 2 October 2008 | Carlos Edwards | Sunderland | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan |
| 2 October 2008 | Fraser Forster | Newcastle United | Stockport County | Loan |
| 2 October 2008 | Brian Howard | Barnsley | Sheffield United | Loan |
| 2 October 2008 | Robbie Savage | Derby County | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan |
| 3 October 2008 | Daniel Jones | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Oldham Athletic | Loan |
| 3 October 2008 | Ryan Smith | Millwall | Southampton | Loan |
| 6 October 2008 | Eddie Nolan | Blackburn Rovers | Preston North End | Loan |
| 6 October 2008 | Simon Thomas | Crystal Palace | Grays Athletic | Loan |
| 7 October 2008 | Joe Allen | Swansea City | Wrexham | Loan |
| 8 October 2008 | Jarosław Fojut | Bolton Wanderers | Stockport County | Loan |
| 8 October 2008 | Tony Kane | Blackburn Rovers | Stockport County | Loan |
| 8 October 2008 | Damien McCrory | Plymouth Argyle | Port Vale | Loan |
| 10 October 2008 | Graham Kavanagh | Sunderland | Carlisle United | Loan |
| 14 October 2008 | Brett Ormerod | Preston North End | Oldham Athletic | Loan |
| 14 October 2008 | Diego Tristán | Unattached | West Ham United | Free |
| 16 October 2008 | Ben Alnwick | Tottenham Hotspur | Carlisle United | Loan |
| 16 October 2008 | Gylfi Sigurðsson | Reading | Shrewsbury Town | Loan |
| 17 October 2008 | Lewis Buxton | Stoke City | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 17 October 2008 | Tom Craddock | Middlesbrough | Luton Town | Loan |
| 17 October 2008 | Carl Fletcher | Crystal Palace | Nottingham Forest | Loan |
| 17 October 2008 | Steve Jones | Burnley | Huddersfield Town | Loan |
| 17 October 2008 | Matty Kay | Blackpool | Fleetwood Town | Loan |
| 17 October 2008 | Emile Sinclair | Nottingham Forest | Mansfield Town | Loan |
| 17 October 2008 | Anthony Stokes | Sunderland | Sheffield United | Loan |
| 20 October 2008 | Lee Camp | Queens Park Rangers | Nottingham Forest | Loan |
| 21 October 2008 | Simon Church | Reading | Wycombe Wanderers | Loan |
| 21 October 2008 | Nigel Quashie | West Ham United | Birmingham City | Loan |
| 24 October 2008 | Jamie Annerson | Sheffield United | Rotherham United | Loan |
| 24 October 2008 | Stern John | Southampton | Bristol City | Loan |
| 24 October 2008 | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | Coventry City | Swansea City | Loan |
| 24 October 2008 | Ryan McGivern | Manchester City | Morecambe | Loan |
| 24 October 2008 | Jason Puncheon | Plymouth Argyle | Milton Keynes Dons | Loan |
| 27 October 2008 | Wayne Brown | Hull City | Preston North End | Loan |
| 27 October 2008 | Nicky Law | Sheffield United | Bradford City | Loan |
| 27 October 2008 | Michael Mancienne | Chelsea | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan |
| 27 October 2008 | Lewis Price | Derby County | Milton Keynes Dons | Loan |
| 27 October 2008 | John Welsh | Hull City | Carlisle United | Loan |
| 28 October 2008 | Michail Antonio | Tooting & Mitcham United | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 29 October 2008 | James Dayton | Crystal Palace | Crawley Town | Loan |
| 30 October 2008 | Stuart Fleetwood | Charlton Athletic | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan |
| 30 October 2008 | Alex Pearce | Reading | Southampton | Loan |
| 31 October 2008 | Rob Atkinson | Barnsley | Grimsby Town | Loan |
| 31 October 2008 | Dean Bowditch | Ipswich Town | Brentford | Loan |
| 31 October 2008 | Shelton Martis | West Bromwich Albion | Doncaster Rovers | Loan |
| 31 October 2008 | Lewis Neal | Preston North End | Notts County | Loan |
| 3 November 2008 | Nicky Hunt | Bolton Wanderers | Birmingham City | Loan |
| 3 November 2008 | Tony McMahon | Middlesbrough | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 3 November 2008 | Sam Williams | Aston Villa | Colchester United | Loan |
| 4 November 2008 | Nicholas Bignall | Reading | Northampton Town | Loan |
| 5 November 2008 | Chris Arthur | Queens Park Rangers | Kettering Town | Loan |
| 5 November 2008 | Stephen O'Halloran | Aston Villa | Swansea City | Loan |
| 6 November 2008 | Adam Bolder | Queens Park Rangers | Millwall | Loan |
| 6 November 2008 | Michael Chopra | Sunderland | Cardiff City | Loan |
| 7 November 2008 | Luke Boden | Sheffield Wednesday | Rushden & Diamonds | Loan |
| 7 November 2008 | Simon Whaley | Preston North End | Barnsley | Loan |
| 8 November 2008 | Scott Wagstaff | Charlton Athletic | Northwich Victoria | Loan |
| 8 November 2008 | Rashid Yussuff | Charlton Athletic | Northwich Victoria | Loan |
| 10 November 2008 | Darren Ambrose | Charlton Athletic | Ipswich Town | Loan |
| 11 November 2008 | Peter Gál-Andrezly | MFK Košice | Middlesbrough | Loan |
| 12 November 2008 | Matt Murray | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Hereford United | Loan |
| 13 November 2008 | Lee Hills | Crystal Palace | Colchester United | Loan |
| 13 November 2008 | Bondz Ngala | West Ham United | Milton Keynes Dons | Loan |
| 13 November 2008 | Abu Ogogo | Arsenal | Barnet | Loan |
| 14 November 2008 | Darren Byfield | Doncaster Rovers | Oldham Athletic | Loan |
| 14 November 2008 | Stuart Green | Blackpool | Crewe Alexandra | Loan |
| 14 November 2008 | Michael Liddle | Sunderland | Carlisle United | Loan |
| 14 November 2008 | Mark Magee | Bristol City | Stafford Rangers | Loan |
| 14 November 2008 | Romone Rose | Queens Park Rangers | Histon | Loan |
| 14 November 2008 | Jamie White | Southampton | Shrewsbury Town | Loan |
| 16 November 2008 | Lee Hendrie | Sheffield United | Blackpool | Loan |
| 17 November 2008 | Martyn Waghorn | Sunderland | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 20 November 2008 | Jermaine Easter | Plymouth Argyle | Colchester United | Loan |
| 20 November 2008 | Kenny Lunt | Sheffield Wednesday | Crewe Alexandra | Loan |
| 20 November 2008 | Wayne Routledge | Aston Villa | Cardiff City | Loan |
| 20 November 2008 | Mark Wilson | Doncaster Rovers | Tranmere Rovers | Loan |
| 21 November 2008 | Matthew Gilks | Blackpool | Shrewsbury Town | Loan |
| 21 November 2008 | Tim Krul | Newcastle United | Carlisle United | Loan |
| 21 November 2008 | Robert Milsom | Fulham | Southend United | Loan |
| 21 November 2008 | Darren Powell | Unattached | Derby County | Free |
| 21 November 2008 | David Stockdale | Fulham | Rotherham United | Loan |
| 24 November 2008 | Keith Gillespie | Sheffield United | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 24 November 2008 | John Johnson | Middlesbrough | Tranmere Rovers | Loan |
| 24 November 2008 | Andy Todd | Derby County | Northampton Town | Loan |
| 25 November 2008 | Jonathan Brown | Cardiff City | Wrexham | Loan |
| 25 November 2008 | Jordan Spence | West Ham United | Leyton Orient | Loan |
| 25 November 2008 | Gabriel Zakuani | Fulham | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 26 November 2008 | Gary Borrowdale | Coventry City | Queens Park Rangers | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Chris Birchall | Coventry City | Carlisle United | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Liam Bridcutt | Chelsea | Watford | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Steve Brooker | Bristol City | Doncaster Rovers | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Deon Burton | Sheffield Wednesday | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Jamie Cureton | Norwich City | Barnsley | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Mark Davies | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Leicester City | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Liam Dickinson | Derby County | Blackpool | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Mitchell Hanson | Derby County | Notts County | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Heiðar Helguson | Bolton Wanderers | Queens Park Rangers | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Shane Higgs | Cheltenham Town | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Craig Mahon | Wigan Athletic | Accrington Stanley | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Steve Jones | Burnley | Bradford City | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Kyel Reid | West Ham United | Blackpool | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Kurt Robinson | Ipswich Town | Northampton Town | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Bartosz Ślusarski | West Bromwich Albion | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Junior Stanislas | West Ham United | Southend United | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Graham Stack | Plymouth Argyle | Blackpool | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Luke Varney | Charlton Athletic | Derby County | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Jimmy Walker | West Ham United | Colchester United | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Chris Weale | Bristol City | Hereford United | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Nathaniel Wedderburn | Stoke City | Notts County | Loan |
| 27 November 2008 | Ron-Robert Zieler | Manchester United | Northampton Town | Loan |
| 28 November 2008 | Shane White | Plymouth Argyle | Truro City | Loan |
| 1 December 2008 | Ashley Barnes | Plymouth Argyle | Eastbourne Borough | Loan |
| 1 December 2008 | Dan Smith | Plymouth Argyle | Eastbourne Borough | Loan |
| 2 December 2008 | Keith Fahey | St Patrick's Athletic | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 9 December 2008 | Mikkel Andersen | Reading | Brentford | Loan |
| 9 December 2008 | Jamie Annerson | Sheffield United | Mansfield Town | Loan |
| 9 December 2008 | Carl Cort | Unattached | Norwich City | Free |
| 12 December 2008 | Ian Harte | Unattached | Blackpool | Free |
| 23 December 2008 | Maynor Figueroa | Olimpia | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 30 December 2008 | Nadir Belhadj | Lens | Portsmouth | £4.4m |
| 31 December 2008 | Luke Chadwick | Norwich City | Milton Keynes Dons | Free |
| 31 December 2008 | Gavin Hoyte | Arsenal | Watford | Loan |
| 31 December 2008 | Dag Alexander Olsen | Tottenham Hotspur | Valencia | Free |
| 31 December 2008 | Jay Simpson | Arsenal | West Bromwich Albion | Loan |
| 1 January 2009 | Jean-François Christophe | Portsmouth | Southend United | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2009 | Jack Cork | Chelsea | Watford | Loan |
| 1 January 2009 | Lassana Diarra | Portsmouth | Real Madrid | £20m |
| 1 January 2009 | David Gray | Manchester United | Plymouth Argyle | Loan |
| 1 January 2009 | Joss Labadie | West Bromwich Albion | Shrewsbury Town | Loan |
| 2 January 2009 | Andy Barcham | Tottenham | Gillingham | Free |
| 2 January 2009 | Gary Borrowdale | Coventry City | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2009 | Adam Chapman | Sheffield United | Oxford United | Loan |
| 2 January 2009 | Nathan Dyer | Southampton | Swansea City | Loan |
| 2 January 2009 | Heiðar Helguson | Bolton Wanderers | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2009 | Artur Krysiak | Birmingham City | Motherwell | Loan |
| 2 January 2009 | Lee Molyneux | Everton | Southampton | Free |
| 2 January 2009 | TJ Moncur | Fulham | Wycombe Wanderers | Free |
| 2 January 2009 | Eddie Nolan | Blackburn Rovers | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2009 | Tristan Plummer | Bristol City | Torquay United | Loan |
| 2 January 2009 | Wayne Routledge | Aston Villa | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2009 | Ben Sahar | Chelsea | De Graafschap | Loan |
| 2 January 2009 | Robin Shroot | Wimbledon | Birmingham City | Nominal |
| 2 January 2009 | Ryan Smith | Millwall | Southampton | Free |
| 2 January 2009 | Peter Štyvar | MŠK Žilina | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2009 | Zoran Tošić | Partizan | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2009 | Joe Widdowson | West Ham United | Grimsby Town | Loan |
| 2 January 2009 | Sam Williamson | Manchester City | Wrexham | Free |
| 3 January 2009 | Wayne Bridge | Chelsea | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2009 | Hugo Colace | Newell's Old Boys | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2009 | Sam Hewson | Manchester United | Hereford United | Loan |
| 5 January 2009 | Seb Hines | Middlesbrough | Derby County | Loan |
| 5 January 2009 | Lewis Montrose | Wigan Athletic | Cheltenham Town | Loan |
| 6 January 2009 | Charlie Daniels | Tottenham Hotspur | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 6 January 2009 | Frank Fielding | Blackburn Rovers | Rochdale | Loan |
| 6 January 2009 | Graeme Murty | Reading | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 6 January 2009 | Marvin Pourie | Liverpool | Schalke 04 | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2009 | Scott Sinclair | Chelsea | Birmingham City | Loan |
| 7 January 2009 | Jonathan Grounds | Middlesbrough | Norwich City | Loan |
| 7 January 2009 | Brian Howard | Barnsley | Sheffield United | Undisclosed |
| 7 January 2009 | Miguel Mostto | Barnsley | Total Chalaco | Undisclosed |
| 7 January 2009 | Arsenio Halfhuid | Excelsior | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2009 | Lee Baker | West Bromwich Albion | Kidderminster Harriers | Loan |
| 8 January 2009 | Hamer Bouazza | Fulham | Birmingham City | Loan |
| 8 January 2009 | D. J. Campbell | Leicester City | Blackpool | Loan |
| 8 January 2009 | Chris Casement | Ipswich Town | Wycombe Wanderers | Loan |
| 8 January 2009 | Lee Cook | Fulham | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2009 | Ritchie De Laet | Stoke City | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2009 | Stuart Elliot | Doncaster Rovers | Grimsby Town | Loan |
| 8 January 2009 | Matthew Etherington | West Ham United | Stoke City | £2m |
| 8 January 2009 | Graeme Owens | Middlesbrough | Blackpool | Loan |
| 8 January 2009 | Dean Sinclair | Charlton Athletic | Grimsby Town | Loan |
| 8 January 2009 | Jake Thomson | Southampton | Bournemouth | Loan |
| 8 January 2009 | Rhoys Wiggins | Crystal Palace | Bournemouth | Loan |
| 9 January 2009 | Joe Anyinsah | Preston North End | Carlisle United | Undisclosed |
| 9 January 2009 | Lee Bowyer | West Ham United | Birmingham City | Loan |
| 9 January 2009 | Chris Burke | Rangers | Cardiff City | Free |
| 9 January 2009 | Mark Davies | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Leicester City | Loan |
| 9 January 2009 | Jermain Defoe | Portsmouth | Tottenham Hotspur | £15m |
| 9 January 2009 | Michael Gray | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 9 January 2009 | Graham Kavanagh | Sunderland | Carlisle United | Free |
| 9 January 2009 | Roy O'Donovan | Sunderland | Blackpool | Loan |
| 9 January 2009 | Sébastien Puygrenier | Zenit St. Petersburg | Bolton Wanderers | Loan |
| 9 January 2009 | Lee Trundle | Bristol City | Leeds United | Loan |
| 9 January 2009 | Nathaniel Wedderburn | Stoke City | Notts County | Loan |
| 9 January 2009 | Dean Windass | Hull City | Oldham Athletic | Loan |
| 11 January 2009 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Tottenham Hotspur | Borussia Dortmund | Loan |
| 12 January 2009 | James Beattie | Sheffield United | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2009 | Nick Blackman | Macclesfield Town | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2009 | Leigh Bromby | Watford | Sheffield United | Loan |
| 12 January 2009 | Sherjill MacDonald | West Bromwich Albion | Roeselare | Loan |
| 12 January 2009 | Guðlaugur Victor Pálsson | Aarhus | Liverpool | Free |
| 12 January 2009 | Jason Puncheon | Plymouth Argyle | Milton Keynes Dons | Loan |
| 12 January 2009 | Jimmy Walker | West Ham United | Colchester United | Loan |
| 12 January 2009 | Ross Wallace | Sunderland | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2009 | Luke Ashworth | Wigan Athletic | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 14 January 2009 | Nicholas Bignall | Reading | Cheltenham Town | Loan |
| 14 January 2009 | Seol Ki-Hyeon | Fulham | Al-Hilal | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Tomi Ameobi | Doncaster Rovers | Mansfield Town | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Carl Dickinson | Stoke City | Leeds United | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | Nancy | West Bromwich Albion | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Gaël Givet | Marseille | Blackburn Rovers | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Lewis Gobern | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Colchester United | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Liam Henderson | Watford | Hartlepool United | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Kevin Kilbane | Wigan Athletic | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2009 | Izale McLeod | Charlton Athletic | Millwall | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Liam Miller | Sunderland | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2009 | Richard Naylor | Ipswich Town | Leeds United | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Darren Potter | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Kyel Reid | West Ham United | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Emile Sinclair | Nottingham Forest | Macclesfield Town | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Tom Soares | Stoke City | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 15 January 2009 | Matthew Spring | Luton Town | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2009 | David Button | Tottenham Hotspur | Bournemouth | Loan |
| 16 January 2009 | Tom Cleverley | Manchester United | Leicester City | Loan |
| 16 January 2009 | Lee Collins | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Port Vale | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2009 | Ariza Makukula | Benfica | Bolton Wanderers | Loan |
| 16 January 2009 | Manucho | Manchester United | Hull City | Loan |
| 16 January 2009 | Ryan Shotton | Stoke City | Tranmere Rovers | Loan |
| 16 January 2009 | Javan Vidal | Manchester City | Aberdeen | Loan |
| 16 January 2009 | Haris Vučkić | Domžale | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2009 | Craig Bellamy | West Ham United | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2009 | Scott Golbourne | Reading | Oldham Athletic | Loan |
| 19 January 2009 | Jay Tabb | Coventry City | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2009 | Jamie Ward | Chesterfield | Sheffield United | £330k |
| 20 January 2009 | Troy Archibald-Henville | Tottenham Hotspur | Exeter City | Loan |
| 20 January 2009 | Billy Clarke | Ipswich Town | Northampton Town | Loan |
| 20 January 2009 | Jermaine Pennant | Liverpool | Portsmouth | Loan |
| 21 January 2009 | Rob Atkinson | Barnsley | Grimsby Town | Free |
| 21 January 2009 | Nigel de Jong | Hamburg | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2009 | Wilson Palacios | Wigan Athletic | Tottenham Hotspur | £14m |
| 22 January 2009 | Yala Bolasie | Plymouth Argyle | Barnet | Loan |
| 22 January 2009 | Stelios Giannakopoulos | Hull City | Larissa | Free |
| 22 January 2009 | Marlon King | Wigan Athletic | Middlesbrough | Loan |
| 22 January 2009 | Nigel Quashie | West Ham United | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan |
| 22 January 2009 | Paul Rodgers | Arsenal | Northampton Town | Loan |
| 23 January 2009 | Lionel Ainsworth | Watford | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2009 | Cédric Avinel | Watford | Gueugnon | Loan |
| 23 January 2009 | Oliver Bozanic | Reading | Woking | Loan |
| 23 January 2009 | Jimmy Bullard | Fulham | Hull City | £5m |
| 23 January 2009 | César Sánchez | Tottenham Hotspur | Valencia | Free |
| 23 January 2009 | Emile Heskey | Wigan Athletic | Aston Villa | £3.5m |
| 23 January 2009 | Peter Løvenkrands | Unattached | Newcastle United | Free |
| 23 January 2009 | Mido | Middlesbrough | Wigan Athletic | Loan |
| 23 January 2009 | Jennison Myrie-Williams | Bristol City | Hereford United | Loan |
| 23 January 2009 | Jaime Peters | Ipswich Town | Gillingham | Loan |
| 23 January 2009 | Jordan Rhodes | Ipswich Town | Brentford | Loan |
| 23 January 2009 | Rene Steer | Arsenal | Gillingham | Loan |
| 23 January 2009 | Kamil Zayatte | Young Boys | Hull City | £2.5m |
| 24 January 2009 | Theo Robinson | Watford | Southend United | Loan |
| 26 January 2009 | Daniel Bogdanovic | Lokomotiv Sofia | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2009 | Marlon Broomes | Blackpool | Crewe Alexandra | Loan |
| 26 January 2009 | Lewis Buxton | Stoke City | Sheffield Wednesday | Nominal |
| 26 January 2009 | Pascal Chimbonda | Sunderland | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2009 | Carlo Cudicini | Chelsea | Tottenham Hotspur | Free |
| 26 January 2009 | Mark Davies | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2009 | Hossam Ghaly | Tottenham Hotspur | Al-Nasr | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2009 | Gordon Greer | Doncaster Rovers | Swindon Town | Loan |
| 26 January 2009 | Craig Lindfield | Liverpool | Accrington Stanley | Loan |
| 26 January 2009 | Hayden Mullins | West Ham United | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2009 | Krisztián Németh | Liverpool | Blackpool | Loan |
| 26 January 2009 | Savio Nsereko | Brescia | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2009 | Pelé | Porto | Portsmouth | Loan |
| 26 January 2009 | Zesh Rehman | Queens Park Rangers | Bradford City | Loan |
| 26 January 2009 | Hal Robson-Kanu | Reading | Swindon Town | Loan |
| 26 January 2009 | Hugo Rodallega | Necaxa | Wigan Athletic | £4.5m |
| 26 January 2009 | Lee Sawyer | Chelsea | Coventry City | Loan |
| 26 January 2009 | Ben Watson | Crystal Palace | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2009 | Mike Williamson | Wycombe Wanderers | Watford | Loan |
| 27 January 2009 | Jason Jarrett | Preston North End | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free |
| 27 January 2009 | Kyle Letheren | Barnsley | Doncaster Rovers | Loan |
| 27 January 2009 | Shaun MacDonald | Swansea City | Yeovil Town | Loan |
| 27 January 2009 | Aleksandar Prijović | Derby County | Yeovil Town | Loan |
| 28 January 2009 | Steve Brooker | Bristol City | Doncaster Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2009 | Carlo Costly | GKS Bełchatów | Birmingham City | Loan |
| 29 January 2009 | Emerse Faé | Reading | Nice | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2009 | Jordan Henderson | Sunderland | Coventry City | Loan |
| 29 January 2009 | Kevin Kyle | Coventry City | Kilmarnock | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2009 | Paul Marshall | Manchester City | Blackpool | Loan |
| 29 January 2009 | Daniel Nardiello | Blackpool | Hartlepool United | Loan |
| 29 January 2009 | John Ruddy | Everton | Crewe Alexandra | Loan |
| 30 January 2009 | David Bell | Norwich City | Coventry City | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2009 | Wayne Brown | Hull City | Leicester City | Loan |
| 30 January 2009 | Tom Craddock | Middlesbrough | Luton Town | £80k |
| 30 January 2009 | El Hadji Diouf | Sunderland | Blackburn Rovers | £2m |
| 30 January 2009 | Willo Flood | Cardiff City | Celtic | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2009 | Rui Fonte | Arsenal | Crystal Palace | Loan |
| 30 January 2009 | Trésor Kandol | Leeds United | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 30 January 2009 | Radoslav Kováč | Spartak Moscow | West Ham United | Loan |
| 30 January 2009 | Carl Magnay | Chelsea | Milton Keynes Dons | Loan |
| 30 January 2009 | Kevin Nolan | Bolton Wanderers | Newcastle United | £4m |
| 30 January 2009 | Brett Ormerod | Preston North End | Blackpool | Free |
| 30 January 2009 | Gökhan Töre | Bayer Leverkusen | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2009 | Darren Ward | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 30 January 2009 | Sam Williams | Aston Villa | Walsall | Loan |
| 31 January 2009 | Giles Barnes | Derby County | Fulham | Loan |
| 31 January 2009 | Julien Faubert | West Ham United | Real Madrid | Loan |
| 31 January 2009 | Chris Killen | Celtic | Norwich City | Loan |
| 31 January 2009 | Quincy Owusu-Abeyie | Spartak Moscow | Cardiff City | Loan |
| 31 January 2009 | Chris Porter | Motherwell | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2009 | Shay Given | Newcastle United | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2009 | Theofanis Gekas | Bayer Leverkusen | Portsmouth | Loan |
| 1 February 2009 | Tal Ben Haim | Manchester City | Sunderland | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Charlie Adam | Rangers | Blackpool | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Leon Andreasen | Fulham | Hannover | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Semih Aydilek | Birmingham City | Motherwell | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Angelos Basinas | AEK Athens | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2009 | Christophe Berra | Heart of Midlothian | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2009 | Henri Camara | Wigan Athletic | Stoke City | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Francesco Carratta | Royal Antwerp | Blackpool | Free |
| 2 February 2009 | James Chester | Manchester United | Peterborough United | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Michael Chopra | Sunderland | Cardiff City | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Jamie Clarke | Blackburn Rovers | Rotherham United | Free |
| 2 February 2009 | Don Cowie | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Watford | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2009 | Olivier Dacourt | Internazionale | Fulham | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Calum Davenport | West Ham United | Sunderland | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Claude Davis | Derby County | Crystal Palace | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Alan Gow | Rangers | Norwich City | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Julian Gray | Coventry City | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2009 | Michael Gray | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Sheffield Wednesday | Free |
| 2 February 2009 | Péter Gulácsi | Liverpool | Hereford United | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Adam Hammill | Liverpool | Barnsley | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Khaleem Hyland | Portsmouth | Zulte Waregem | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Jô | Manchester City | Everton | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Robbie Keane | Liverpool | Tottenham Hotspur | £12m |
| 2 February 2009 | Henri Lansbury | Arsenal | Scunthorpe United | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Adrian Leijer | Fulham | Norwich City | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Zoltán Lipták | Újpest | Southampton | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Arturo Lupoli | Fiorentina | Sheffield United | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Alex McCarthy | Reading | Aldershot | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Cody McDonald | Dartford | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2009 | James McPake | Livingston | Coventry City | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2009 | Juan Carlos Menseguez | San Lorenzo de Almagro | West Bromwich Albion | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Michael Mifsud | Coventry City | Barnsley | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Youssuf Mulumbu | Paris Saint-Germain | West Bromwich Albion | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Richard Naylor | Ipswich Town | Leeds United | Free |
| 2 February 2009 | Charles N'Zogbia | Newcastle United | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2009 | Tomáš Pekhart | Tottenham Hotspur | Sparta Prague | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Ricardo Quaresma | Internazionale | Chelsea | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Dean Shiels | Hibernian | Doncaster Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2009 | Jimmy Smith | Chelsea | Leyton Orient | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Ryan Taylor | Wigan Athletic | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2009 | Andranik Teymourian | Fulham | Barnsley | Loan |
| 2 February 2009 | Jared Wilson | Birmingham City | Chesterfield | Loan |
| 3 February 2009 | Andrei Arshavin | Zenit St. Petersburg | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2009 | Demar Phillips | Stoke City | Aalesund | Free |
| 4 February 2009 | Stephen Kelly | Birmingham City | Stoke City | Loan |
* ^1 Player officially joined his new club on 1 January 2009.