# List of English football transfers summer 2005

This is a list of English football transfers for the 2005–06 season. Only moves featuring at least one Premier League or Football League Championship club are listed.
The summer transfer window opened on 1 July 2005, 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. The window re-opened on 1 January 2006 for one month until 00:00 UTC on 1 February 2006.

## Summer transfer window
### May

| Date | Name | Moving From | Moving To | Fee |
| 16 May 2005 | Paul Stalteri | Werder Bremen | Tottenham Hotspur | free |
| 17 May 2005 | Patrik Berger | Portsmouth | Aston Villa | free |
| 20 May 2005 | Aaron Hughes | Newcastle United | Aston Villa | £1m |
| 26 May 2005 | Simon Davies (footballer born 1979) | Tottenham Hotspur | Everton | £4m |
| 30 May 2005 | Edu | Arsenal | Valencia CF | free |

### June

| Date | Name | Moving From | Moving To | Fee |
| 1 June 2005 | Darren Bent | Ipswich Town | Charlton Athletic | £2.5m |
| 3 June 2005 | Patrick Kluivert | Newcastle United | Valencia CF | free (finalized on 20 June) |
| 5 June 2005 | Edwin van der Sar | Fulham | Manchester United | Undisclosed |
| 7 June 2005 | Kevin Doyle | Cork City | Reading | €117, 000 (£78, 000) |
| 10 June 2005 | Mikael Forssell | Chelsea | Birmingham City | £3m |
| 13 June 2005 | Andy O'Brien (footballer) | Newcastle United | Portsmouth | £2m |
| 13 June 2005 | Vladimír Šmicer | Liverpool | FC Girondins de Bordeaux | free |
| 13 June 2005 | Jonathan Stead | Blackburn Rovers | Sunderland | £1.8m |
| 14 June 2005 | Kelvin Davis | Ipswich Town | Sunderland | £1.25m |
| 14 June 2005 | Laurent Robert | Newcastle United | Portsmouth | season-long loan |
| 15 June 2005 | Scott Parker (footballer) | Chelsea | Newcastle United | £6.5m |
| 16 June 2005 | El Hadji Diouf | Liverpool | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed (making a previous loan deal permanent) |
| 21 June 2005 | Asier del Horno | Athletic Bilbao | Chelsea | £8m |
| 22 June 2005 | Park Ji-Sung | PSV Eindhoven | Manchester United | £4m |
| 27 June 2005 | Alexander Hleb | VfB Stuttgart | Arsenal | £6m |
| 27 June 2005 | Heiðar Helguson | Watford | Fulham | £1.3m |
| 27 June 2005 | Per Krøldrup | Udinese Calcio | Everton | £5m |
| 28 June 2005 | Emanuel Pogatetz | Bayer Leverkusen | Middlesbrough | £1.8m |
| 29 June 2005 | Mateja Kežman | Chelsea | Atlético Madrid | £5.3m |
| 29 June 2005 | Kevin Phillips | Southampton | Aston Villa | £1m |

### July

| Date | Name | Moving From | Moving To | Fee |
| 4 July 2005 | Darren Carter | Birmingham City | West Bromwich Albion | £1.5m |
| 4 July 2005 | Boudewijn Zenden | Middlesbrough | Liverpool | free |
| 5 July 2005 | Paul Konchesky | Charlton Athletic | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2005 | Craig Bellamy | Newcastle United | Blackburn Rovers | £5m |
| 7 July 2005 | Jhon Viáfara | Once Caldas | Portsmouth | £1.6m |
| 7 July 2005 | Yakubu | Portsmouth | Middlesbrough | £7.5m |
| 14 July 2005 | Emre Belözoğlu | Inter Milan | Newcastle United | £4m |
| 14 July 2005 | Patrick Vieira | Arsenal | Juventus | £13.7m |
| 14 July 2005 | Leroy Lita | Bristol City | Reading | £1m |
| 15 July 2005 | Jared Borgetti | C.F. Pachuca | Bolton Wanderers | £1.5m |
| 16 July 2005 | Yossi Benayoun | Racing de Santander | West Ham United | £2.5m |
| 18 July 2005 | Shaun Wright-Phillips | Manchester City | Chelsea | £21m |
| 20 July 2005 | Andy Cole | Fulham | Manchester City | free |
| 20 July 2005 | Peter Crouch | Southampton | Liverpool | £7m |
| 22 July 2005 | Sander Westerveld | RCD Mallorca | Portsmouth | free |
| 26 July 2005 | Diomansy Kamara | Modena | West Bromwich Albion | £1.5m |
| 27 July 2005 | Darius Vassell | Aston Villa | Manchester City | £2m |

### August

| Date | Name | Moving From | Moving To | Fee |
| 3 August 2005 | Edgar Davids | Inter Milan | Tottenham Hotspur | free |
| 4 August 2005 | Phil Neville | Manchester United | Everton | undisclosed fee (over £3m, some reports say over £5m) |
| 5 August 2005 | Damien Francis | Norwich City | Wigan Athletic | undisclosed fee |
| 5 August 2005 | Walter Pandiani | Deportivo de La Coruña | Birmingham City | £3m (making a previous loan deal permanent) |
| 6 August 2005 | Henri Camara | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Wigan Athletic | £3m |
| 8 August 2005 | José Kleberson | Manchester United | Beşiktaş J.K. | £2.5m |
| 11 August 2005 | Andy Gray | Sheffield United | Sunderland | £1.1m |
| 15 August 2005 | Nathan Ellington | Wigan Athletic | West Bromwich Albion | £3m |
| 16 August 2005 | Hidetoshi Nakata | ACF Fiorentina | Bolton Wanderers | season-long loan |
| 17 August 2005 | Frédéric Kanouté | Tottenham Hotspur | Sevilla FC | £4.4m |
| 17 August 2005 | David Bellion | Manchester United | West Ham United | season-long loan |
| 19 August 2005 | Michael Essien | Olympique Lyonnais | Chelsea | £24.4m |
| 22 August 2005 | Brian Priske | K.R.C. Genk | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2005 | Jiri Jarosik | Chelsea | Birmingham City | season-long loan |
| 23 August 2005 | Milan Baroš | Liverpool | Aston Villa | £6.5m |
| 25 August 2005 | Clinton Morrison | Birmingham City | Crystal Palace | £2m |
| 26 August 2005 | Albert Luque | Deportivo de La Coruña | Newcastle United | £9.5m |
| 27 August 2005 | Tiago Mendes | Chelsea | Olympique Lyonnais | £6.5m |
| 28 August 2005 | Nuno Valente | FC Porto | Everton | £1.5m |
| 30 August 2005 | Wilfred Bouma | PSV Eindhoven | Aston Villa | £3.5m |
| 31 August 2005 | David Connolly | Leicester City | Wigan Athletic | £2m |
| 31 August 2005 | Curtis Davies | Luton Town | West Bromwich Albion | £3m |
| 31 August 2005 | Salif Diao | Liverpool | Portsmouth | season-long loan |
| 31 August 2005 | Francis Jeffers | Charlton Athletic | Rangers | six-month loan |
| 31 August 2005 | Jermaine Jenas | Newcastle United | Tottenham Hotspur | £7m |
| 31 August 2005 | Lee Yong-Pyo | PSV Eindhoven | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2005 | Michael Owen | Real Madrid | Newcastle United | £17m |
| 31 August 2005 | Mart Poom | Sunderland | Arsenal | six-month loan |
| 31 August 2005 | Michael Reiziger | Middlesbrough | PSV Eindhoven | free |
| 31 August 2005 | Nolberto Solano | Aston Villa | Newcastle United | £1.5m |
| 31 August 2005 | James Milner | Newcastle United | Aston Villa | season-long loan |
| 31 August 2005 | Andy van der Meyde | Inter Milan | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2005 | Iain Hume | Tranmere Rovers | Leicester City | £500k |
| 31 August 2005 | Elvis Hammond | Fulham | Leicester City | £250k |