# List of English football transfers summer 2008

This is a list of English football transfers for the 2008 summer transfer window. Only moves featuring at least one Premier League or Championship club are listed.
The summer transfer window opened on 1 July 2008, although a few transfers took place prior to that date; although a carry-over from the winter 2007–08 transfer window, the first non-free non-loan move was completed on 5 February 2008. The window normally closes at midnight on 31 August 2008. However, as 31 August fell on a Sunday in 2008, the deadline was extended by 24 hours to midnight on 1 September 2008. 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 |
| 4 February 2008 | Paulo Monteiro | Unattached | Charlton Athletic | Free |
| 4 February 2008 | Romone Rose | Queens Park Rangers | AFC Wimbledon | Work experience |
| 5 February 2008 | Benjani | Portsmouth | Manchester City | £3.87m |
| 5 February 2008 | Jermain Defoe | Tottenham Hotspur | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 7 February 2008 | Sam Filler | Bradford City | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 7 February 2008 | Matt Pickens | Unattached | Queens Park Rangers | Free |
| 7 February 2008 | Grzegorz Szamotulski | Unattached | Preston North End | Free |
| 8 February 2008 | Adam Bolder | Queens Park Rangers | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 8 February 2008 | Liam Bridcutt | Chelsea | Yeovil Town | Loan |
| 8 February 2008 | David Cotterill | Wigan Athletic | Sheffield United | Loan |
| 8 February 2008 | Bryan Hodge | Blackburn Rovers | Darlington | Loan |
| 8 February 2008 | Will Hoskins | Watford | Nottingham Forest | Loan |
| 8 February 2008 | Sherjill MacDonald | West Bromwich Albion | Hereford United | Loan |
| 8 February 2008 | Anthony Pulis | Stoke City | Bristol Rovers | Loan |
| 8 February 2008 | Adam Rooney | Stoke City | Bury | Loan |
| 11 February 2008 | Dean Bowditch | Ipswich Town | Brighton and Hove Albion | Loan |
| 11 February 2008 | Robert Milsom | Fulham | Brentford | Loan |
| 12 February 2008 | Scott Flinders | Crystal Palace | Yeovil Town | Loan |
| 12 February 2008 | Miguel Mostto | Barnsley | Coronel Bolognesi | Loan |
| 12 February 2008 | Gary Roberts | Ipswich Town | Crewe Alexandra | Loan |
| 13 February 2008 | Tom Craddock | Middlesbrough | Hartlepool United | Loan |
| 14 February 2008 | Luke Steele | West Bromwich Albion | Barnsley | Loan |
| 14 February 2008 | Joe Widdowson | West Ham United | Rotherham United | Loan |
| 15 February 2008 | Josh Dutton-Black | Southampton | Crawley Town | Loan |
| 15 February 2008 | James Walker | Charlton Athletic | Southend United | Loan |
| 18 February 2008 | Kenny Lunt | Sheffield Wednesday | Crewe Alexandra | Loan |
| 19 February 2008 | Russell Anderson | Sunderland | Plymouth Argyle | Loan |
| 19 February 2008 | Kenny Keys | Stoke City | Leek Town | Work experience |
| 19 February 2008 | Dean McCormick | Stoke City | Leek Town | Work experience |
| 19 February 2008 | Gary Teale | Derby County | Plymouth Argyle | Loan |
| 19 February 2008 | Juan Velasco | Unattached | Norwich City | Free |
| 19 February 2008 | Jack Watson | Stoke City | Leek Town | Work experience |
| 21 February 2008 | David Dowson | Sunderland | Chesterfield | Loan |
| 21 February 2008 | Peter Hartley | Sunderland | Chesterfield | Loan |
| 21 February 2008 | Chris McGrail | Preston North End | Vauxhall Motors | Loan |
| 21 February 2008 | Ben Sahar | Chelsea | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 22 February 2008 | Andrew Howell | Queens Park Rangers | Wealdstone | Loan |
| 22 February 2008 | Shaleum Logan | Manchester City | Stockport County | Loan |
| 22 February 2008 | Luke Moore | Aston Villa | West Bromwich Albion | Loan |
| 22 February 2008 | Ian Pearce | Fulham | Southampton | Loan |
| 22 February 2008 | John Ruddy | Everton | Stockport County | Loan |
| 22 February 2008 | Tommy Smith | Ipswich Town | Stevenage Borough | Loan |
| 25 February 2008 | Wayne Brown | Fulham | Brentford | Loan |
| 25 February 2008 | Paulo Monteiro | Charlton Athletic | Accrington Stanley | Loan |
| 26 February 2008 | Mikkel Andersen | Reading | Torquay United | Loan |
| 26 February 2008 | Jordan Robertson | Sheffield United | Oldham Athletic | Loan |
| 27 February 2008 | Alex Morfaw | Scunthorpe United | Lincoln City | Loan |
| 27 February 2008 | Moses Swaibu | Crystal Palace | Weymouth | Loan |
| 28 February 2008 | Lee Hendrie | Sheffield United | Leicester City | Loan |
| 28 February 2008 | Stephen O'Halloran | Aston Villa | Leeds United | Loan |
| 28 February 2008 | Scott Sinclair | Chelsea | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 29 February 2008 | Neil Clement | West Bromwich Albion | Hull City | Loan |
| 29 February 2008 | Stephen Henderson | Bristol City | Weymouth | Loan |
| 29 February 2008 | Michael Johnson | Derby County | Notts County | Loan |
| 29 February 2008 | Javier Mascherano | Media Sports Investments | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| 29 February 2008 | Izale McLeod | Charlton Athletic | Colchester United | Loan |
| 29 February 2008 | Chris Riggott | Middlesbrough | Stoke City | Loan |
| 29 February 2008 | Dorian Smith | Tooting & Mitcham United | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 3 March 2008 | Dave McClements | Sheffield Wednesday | Buxton | Loan |
| 4 March 2008 | Craig Beattie | West Bromwich Albion | Preston North End | Loan |
| 4 March 2008 | Kelvin Etuhu | Manchester City | Leicester City | Loan |
| 4 March 2008 | Carlo Nash | Wigan Athletic | Stoke City | Loan |
| 4 March 2008 | Curtis Weston | Leeds United | Scunthorpe United | Loan |
| 5 March 2008 | Leroy Lita | Reading | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 6 March 2008 | Daniel Jones | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Northampton Town | Loan |
| 6 March 2008 | Harry Worley | Chelsea | Leicester City | Loan |
| 7 March 2008 | Jamie Annerson | Sheffield United | Chesterfield | Loan |
| 7 March 2008 | Joe Anyinsah | Preston North End | Crewe Alexandra | Loan |
| 7 March 2008 | Alan Bennett | Reading | Brentford | Loan |
| 7 March 2008 | David Forde | Cardiff City | AFC Bournemouth | Loan |
| 7 March 2008 | Russell Hoult | Stoke City | Notts County | Loan |
| 7 March 2008 | Brett Ormerod | Preston North End | Nottingham Forest | Loan |
| 7 March 2008 | Franck Songo'o | Portsmouth | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 11 March 2008 | Jean-François Christophe | Portsmouth | Yeovil Town | Loan |
| 12 March 2008 | Andreas Granqvist | Wigan Athletic | Helsingborg | Loan |
| 13 March 2008 | Kasper Schmeichel | Manchester City | Coventry City | Loan |
| 14 March 2008 | Jay Bothroyd | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Stoke City | Loan |
| 14 March 2008 | Matt Heath | Leeds United | Colchester United | Loan |
| 14 March 2008 | Shefki Kuqi | Crystal Palace | Ipswich Town | Loan |
| 14 March 2008 | Jordan Parkes | Watford | Barnet | Loan |
| 18 March 2008 | Johann Vogel | Unattached | Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 19 March 2008 | Maceo Rigters | Blackburn Rovers | Norwich City | Loan |
| 20 March 2008 | Grant Holt | Nottingham Forest | Blackpool | Loan |
| 20 March 2008 | Jem Karacan | Reading | Millwall | Loan |
| 20 March 2008 | Therry Racon | Charlton Athletic | Brighton & Hove Albion | Loan |
| 20 March 2008 | Luke Steele | West Bromwich Albion | Barnsley | Loan |
| 20 March 2008 | Richard Wright | West Ham United | Southampton | Loan |
| 21 March 2008 | Kevin Horlock | Scunthorpe United | Mansfield Town | Loan |
| 21 March 2008 | Danny Simpson | Manchester United | Ipswich Town | Loan |
| 25 March 2008 | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | Coventry City | Nottingham Forest | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Shola Ameobi | Newcastle United | Stoke City | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Nathan Ashton | Fulham | Crystal Palace | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Michael Barnes | Manchester United | Shrewsbury Town | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Asmir Begović | Portsmouth | Yeovil Town | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | David Bell | Luton Town | Leicester City | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Aaron Brown | Reading | Walsall | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | David Button | Tottenham Hotspur | Rochdale | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Tony Craig | Crystal Palace | Millwall | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Aidan Downes | Everton | Yeovil Town | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | David Forde | Cardiff City | AFC Bournemouth | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Stephen Gleeson | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Stockport County | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Ryan Hall | Crystal Palace | Crawley Town | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Mitchell Hanson | Derby County | Port Vale | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Colin Hawkins | Coventry City | Chesterfield | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Zavon Hines | West Ham United | Coventry City | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Jeff Hughes | Crystal Palace | Bristol Rovers | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Steve Jones | Burnley | Crewe Alexandra | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Jason Kennedy | Middlesbrough | Doncaster Rovers | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Leroy Lita | Reading | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Chris Lucketti | Sheffield United | Southampton | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Joe Martin | Tottenham Hotspur | Blackpool | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Lewis Montrose | Wigan Athletic | Rochdale | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Jake Moult | Plymouth Argyle | Kidderminster Harriers | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Graeme Owens | Middlesbrough | Chesterfield | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Richard O'Donnell | Sheffield Wednesday | Oldham Athletic | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Stephen Pearson | Derby County | Stoke City | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Chris Perry | Luton Town | Southampton | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Kyel Reid | West Ham United | Crystal Palace | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Paul Reid | Barnsley | Carlisle United | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Martin Riley | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Shrewsbury Town | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Donovan Simmonds | Coventry City | Gillingham | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Scott Sinclair | Chelsea | Crystal Palace | Loan |
| 27 March 2008 | Bartosz Ślusarski | West Bromwich Albion | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 2 April 2008 | Laurent Robert | Derby County | Major League Soccer (Toronto) | Free |
| 15 April 2008 | Mikkel Andersen | Reading | Rushden & Diamonds | Loan |
| 17 April 2008 | Ruben Zadkovich | Unattached | Derby County | Free |
| 22 April 2008 | Steven Pienaar | Borussia Dortmund | Everton | £2.05m |
| 29 April 2008 | Luka Modrić | Dinamo Zagreb | Tottenham Hotspur | £16.5m |
| 5 May 2008 | Mathieu Flamini | Arsenal | Milan | Free |
| 6 May 2008 | Michael Johnson | Derby County | Notts County | Free |
| 6 May 2008 | Chris Smalling | Maidstone United | Middlesbrough | Free |
| 8 May 2008 | Harry Worley | Chelsea | Leicester City | Free |
| 12 May 2008 | José Bosingwa | Porto | Chelsea | £16.2m |
| 13 May 2008 | Radek Černý | Slavia Prague | Queens Park Rangers | Free |
| 13 May 2008 | Matt Heath | Leeds United | Colchester United | Free |
| 13 May 2008 | Peter Ramage | Newcastle United | Queens Park Rangers | Free |
| 15 May 2008 | Paul Connolly | Plymouth Argyle | Derby County | Free |
| 19 May 2008 | Marcus Bean | Blackpool | Brentford | Free |
| 21 May 2008 | Francis Coquelin | Stade Lavallois | Arsenal | Free |
| 21 May 2008 | Ashley Grimes | Manchester City | Millwall | Undisclosed |
| 21 May 2008 | Kieran Lee | Manchester United | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| 21 May 2008 | Luke Steele | West Bromwich Albion | Barnsley | Free |
| 22 May 2008 | Mark Schwarzer | Middlesbrough | Fulham | Free |
| 22 May 2008 | Ashley Williams | Stockport County | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
| 23 May 2008 | Tom Heaton | Manchester United | Cardiff City | Loan |
| 23 May 2008 | Mark Hudson | Crystal Palace | Charlton Athletic | Free |
| 23 May 2008 | Sam Vokes | AFC Bournemouth | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 25 May 2008 | Adam Bygrave | Reading | Weymouth | Free |
| 27 May 2008 | Keigan Parker | Blackpool | Huddersfield Town | Free |
| 27 May 2008 | Gerard Piqué | Manchester United | Barcelona | Undisclosed |
| 27 May 2008 | Garry Thompson | Morecambe | Scunthorpe United | Free |
| 28 May 2008 | Kim Do-Heon | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | West Bromwich Albion | £550k |
| 28 May 2008 | Luke Moore | Aston Villa | West Bromwich Albion | £3m |
| 30 May 2008 | Roman Bednář | Hearts | West Bromwich Albion | £2.3m |
| 30 May 2008 | Robert Earnshaw | Derby County | Nottingham Forest | £2.65m |
| 30 May 2008 | Nathan Ellington | Watford | Derby County | Loan |
| 30 May 2008 | Mikael Forssell | Birmingham City | Hannover 96 | Free |
| 30 May 2008 | Paul Green | Doncaster Rovers | Derby County | Free |
| 30 May 2008 | Jason Kennedy | Middlesbrough | Darlington | Free |
| 30 May 2008 | Jordan Stewart | Watford | Derby County | Free |
| 2 June 2008 | Guillaume Beuzelin | Hibernian | Coventry City | Free |
| 2 June 2008 | Kris Commons | Nottingham Forest | Derby County | Free |
| 3 June 2008 | Lee Carsley | Everton | Birmingham City | Free |
| 3 June 2008 | Matthew Lockwood | Nottingham Forest | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 3 June 2008 | Kevin McLeod | Colchester United | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free |
| 3 June 2008 | Jens Lehmann | Arsenal | Stuttgart | Free |
| 4 June 2008 | David Stockdale | Darlington | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 5 June 2008 | Marlon Broomes | Stoke City | Blackpool | Free |
| 5 June 2008 | David Forde | Cardiff City | Millwall | Free |
| 5 June 2008 | Alan Power | Nottingham Forest | Hartlepool United | Free |
| 6 June 2008 | Liam Davis | Coventry City | Northampton Town | Free |
| 6 June 2008 | Lee Holmes | Derby County | Southampton | Free |
| 6 June 2008 | Jeff Hughes | Crystal Palace | Bristol Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2008 | Chris Perry | Luton Town | Southampton | Free |
| 9 June 2008 | Kevin Amankwaah | Swansea City | Swindon Town | Free |
| 9 June 2008 | Adam Legzdins | Birmingham City | Crewe Alexandra | Free |
| 10 June 2008 | Giovani dos Santos | Barcelona | Tottenham Hotspur | £4.7m |
| 10 June 2008 | David Rozehnal | Newcastle United | Lazio | £2.9m |
| 11 June 2008 | Zoltan Gera | West Bromwich Albion | Fulham | Free |
| 12 June 2008 | Steve Davies | Tranmere Rovers | Derby County | Tribunal |
| 12 June 2008 | Paddy McCarthy | Charlton Athletic | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed |
| 12 June 2008 | Andranik Teymourian | Bolton Wanderers | Fulham | Free |
| 13 June 2008 | Aaron Ramsey | Cardiff City | Arsenal | £5m |
| 13 June 2008 | Kenny Miller | Derby County | Rangers | £2m |
| 16 June 2008 | Pim Balkestein | SC Heerenveen | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 16 June 2008 | Stuart Fleetwood | Forest Green Rovers | Charlton Athletic | Tribunal |
| 16 June 2008 | Fabrice Muamba | Birmingham City | Bolton Wanderers | £5m |
| 16 June 2008 | Lewwis Spence | Crystal Palace | Wycombe Wanderers | Free |
| 17 June 2008 | Sammy Clingan | Nottingham Forest | Norwich City | Free |
| 17 June 2008 | Ben Hamer | Reading | Brentford | Loan |
| 17 June 2008 | Leigh Mills | Tottenham Hotspur | Brentford | Loan |
| 17 June 2008 | Alex Russell | Bristol City | Cheltenham Town | Free |
| 17 June 2008 | John Spicer | Burnley | Doncaster Rovers | Free |
| 18 June 2008 | Gareth McAuley | Leicester City | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 18 June 2008 | Jason Puncheon | Barnet | Plymouth Argyle | £250k |
| 18 June 2008 | John Arne Riise | Liverpool | Roma | £4m |
| 18 June 2008 | Keiren Westwood | Carlisle United | Coventry City | £500k |
| 18 June 2008 | Paul Wotton | Plymouth Argyle | Southampton | Free |
| 19 June 2008 | Stefan Bailey | Queens Park Rangers | Grays Athletic | Free |
| 19 June 2008 | Kyle Lafferty | Burnley | Rangers | £3m |
| 20 June 2008 | Julius Aghahowa | Wigan Athletic | Kayserispor | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2008 | Glen Little | Reading | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2008 | Danny Whitaker | Port Vale | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| 23 June 2008 | Osei Sankofa | Charlton Athletic | Southend United | Free |
| 24 June 2008 | Karl Duguid | Colchester United | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2008 | Grant Holt | Nottingham Forest | Shrewsbury Town | £170k |
| 24 June 2008 | Michael Jackson | Blackpool | Shrewsbury Town | Free |
| 24 June 2008 | Kevin McDonald | Dundee | Burnley | £500k |
| 25 June 2008 | Iain Hume | Leicester City | Barnsley | £1.2m |
| 25 June 2008 | Richard Stearman | Leicester City | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2008 | Paul Anderson | Liverpool | Nottingham Forest | Loan |
| 26 June 2008 | Matthew Gilks | Norwich City | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2008 | Heurelho Gomes | PSV Eindhoven | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2008 | Wes Hoolahan | Blackpool | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2008 | Christian Kalvenes | Dundee United | Burnley | Free |
| 27 June 2008 | Daniel Braaten | Bolton Wanderers | Toulouse | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2008 | Hugo Roberto Colace | Newell's Old Boys | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2008 | Mounir El Haimour | Neuchâtel Xamax | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2008 | Johan Elmander | Toulouse | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2008 | Mark Gower | Southend United | Swansea City | Free |
| 27 June 2008 | David Jones | Derby County | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2008 | Emmanuel Ledesma | Genoa | Queens Park Rangers | Loan |
| 27 June 2008 | James O'Connor | Burnley | Sheffield Wednesday | Free |
| 27 June 2008 | Diego Penny | Coronel Bolognesi | Burnley | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2008 | Morgan Schneiderlin | Strasbourg | Southampton | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2008 | Gavin Williams | Ipswich Town | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2008 | Federico Bessone | Espanyol | Swansea City | Free |
| 28 June 2008 | Darren Dennehy | Everton | Cardiff City | Free |
| 28 June 2008 | Ross McCormack | Motherwell | Cardiff City | Free |
| 30 June 2008 | Deco | Barcelona | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2008 | Burton O'Brien | Sheffield Wednesday | Falkirk | Free |
| 1 July 2008 | Martin Albrechtsen | West Bromwich Albion | Derby County | Free |
| 1 July 2008 | Nick Carle | Bristol City | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2008 | Samuel Di Carmine | Fiorentina | Queens Park Rangers | Loan |
| 1 July 2008 | Liam Dickinson | Stockport County | Derby County | £750k |
| 1 July 2008 | Guy Moussi | Angers | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2008 | Barry Nicholson | Aberdeen | Preston North End | Free |
| 1 July 2008 | Daniël de Ridder | Birmingham City | Wigan Athletic | Free |
| 1 July 2008 | Stephen Roberts | Doncaster Rovers | Walsall | Free |
| 1 July 2008 | Ben Sahar | Chelsea | Portsmouth | Loan |
| 1 July 2008 | Albert Serrán | Espanyol | Swansea City | £80k |
| 2 July 2008 | Cedric Baseya | Southampton | Lille | Free |
| 2 July 2008 | Garry Breen | Manchester City | Hereford United | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2008 | Andrew Cave-Brown | Norwich City | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 2 July 2008 | Craig Fagan | Derby County | Hull City | £750k |
| 2 July 2008 | Jonás Gutiérrez | Real Mallorca | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2008 | Greg Halford | Sunderland | Sheffield United | Loan |
| 2 July 2008 | Andreas Isaksson | Manchester City | PSV Eindhoven | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2008 | Jô | CSKA Moscow | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2008 | Jamie Jones | Everton | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 2 July 2008 | Anthony Le Tallec | Liverpool | Le Mans | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2008 | Paul Reid | Barnsley | Colchester United | Free |
| 2 July 2008 | Jimmy Smith | Chelsea | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 2 July 2008 | Sun Jihai | Manchester City | Sheffield United | Free |
| 3 July 2008 | Jimmy Abdou | Plymouth Argyle | Millwall | Free |
| 3 July 2008 | Curtis Davies | West Bromwich Albion | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2008 | Philipp Degen | Borussia Dortmund | Liverpool | Free |
| 3 July 2008 | Darryl Duffy | Swansea City | Bristol Rovers | £100k |
| 3 July 2008 | Johannes Ertl | Austria Vienna | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2008 | Darryl Flahavan | Southend United | Crystal Palace | Free |
| 3 July 2008 | David Livermore | Hull City | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free |
| 3 July 2008 | Mark McCammon | Doncaster Rovers | Gillingham | Free |
| 3 July 2008 | Darren Moore | Derby County | Barnsley | Free |
| 3 July 2008 | Gianni Zuiverloon | SC Heerenveen | West Bromwich Albion | £3.2m |
| 4 July 2008 | Didier Digard | Paris Saint-Germain | Middlesbrough | £4m |
| 4 July 2008 | Graham Dorrans | Livingston | West Bromwich Albion | £100k |
| 4 July 2008 | Andrea Dossena | Udinese | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2008 | Marvin Emnes | Sparta Rotterdam | Middlesbrough | £3.2m |
| 4 July 2008 | Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson | HK | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2008 | Toni Kallio | Young Boys | Fulham | Free |
| 4 July 2008 | Joe Martin | Tottenham Hotspur | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2008 | Ryan Bertrand | Chelsea | Norwich City | Loan |
| 5 July 2008 | Geovanni | Manchester City | Hull City | Free |
| 5 July 2008 | Harry Kewell | Liverpool | Galatasaray | Free |
| 5 July 2008 | Chris Lucketti | Sheffield United | Huddersfield Town | Free |
| 7 July 2008 | Andrew Cole | Sunderland | Nottingham Forest | Free |
| 7 July 2008 | Warren Feeney | Cardiff City | Dundee United | Loan |
| 7 July 2008 | Stuart Fleetwood | Forest Green Rovers | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2008 | Tommy Forecast | Tottenham Hotspur | Southampton | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2008 | Remco van der Schaaf | Vitesse Arnhem | Burnley | Free |
| 8 July 2008 | Junior Agogo | Nottingham Forest | El Zamalek | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2008 | Toumani Diagouraga | Watford | Hereford United | Free |
| 8 July 2008 | Darren Way | Swansea City | Yeovil Town | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2008 | Kevin Phillips | West Bromwich Albion | Birmingham City | Free |
| 9 July 2008 | Slobodan Rajković | Chelsea | Twente | Loan |
| 10 July 2008 | Kerrea Gilbert | Arsenal | Leicester City | Loan |
| 10 July 2008 | Mark Kennedy | Crystal Palace | Cardiff City | Free |
| 10 July 2008 | Stefan Morrison | West Bromwich Albion | Swansea City | Free |
| 10 July 2008 | Steve Sidwell | Chelsea | Aston Villa | £5m |
| 10 July 2008 | Vincent Weijl | AZ | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2008 | Diego Cavalieri | Palmeiras | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2008 | Jake Cole | Queens Park Rangers | Oxford United | Loan |
| 11 July 2008 | Tony Craig | Crystal Palace | Millwall | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2008 | Peter Crouch | Liverpool | Portsmouth | £9m |
| 11 July 2008 | Freddy Eastwood | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Coventry City | £1.2m |
| 11 July 2008 | Danny Guthrie | Liverpool | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2008 | Steve Kabba | Watford | Blackpool | Loan |
| 11 July 2008 | Bernard Mendy | Unattached | Hull City | Free |
| 11 July 2008 | Samir Nasri | Marseille | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2008 | Darren Randolph | Charlton Athletic | Hereford United | Loan |
| 11 July 2008 | Jermaine Wright | Unattached | Blackpool | Free |
| 12 July 2008 | Raffaele De Vita | Blackburn Rovers | Livingston | Free |
| 14 July 2008 | Darren Huckerby | Norwich City | Major League Soccer (San Jose Earthquakes) | Free |
| 14 July 2008 | Chris Iwelumo | Charlton Athletic | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2008 | Marek Čech | Porto | West Bromwich Albion | £1.4m |
| 15 July 2008 | John Paintsil | West Ham United | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2008 | Georgios Samaras | Manchester City | Celtic | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2008 | Bobby Zamora | West Ham United | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2008 | Marcus Bent | Charlton Athletic | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2008 | George Boateng | Middlesbrough | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2008 | Péter Halmosi | Plymouth Argyle | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2008 | Alexander Hleb | Arsenal | Barcelona | £11.8m |
| 16 July 2008 | Olivier Kapo | Birmingham City | Wigan Athletic | £2.5m |
| 16 July 2008 | Tony Warner | Fulham | Hull City | Free |
| 17 July 2008 | Yala Bolasie | Floriana | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2008 | Gilberto Silva | Arsenal | Panathinaikos | £1m |
| 17 July 2008 | Andreas Granqvist | Wigan Athletic | Groningen | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2008 | Jon Harley | Burnley | Watford | Free |
| 18 July 2008 | Calvin Andrew | Luton Town | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2008 | Scott Carson | Liverpool | West Bromwich Albion | £3.25m |
| 18 July 2008 | Adam Hammill | Liverpool | Blackpool | Loan |
| 18 July 2008 | Dave Kitson | Reading | Stoke City | £5.5m |
| 18 July 2008 | Kevin Lisbie | Colchester United | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2008 | Graham Stack | Unattached | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
| 19 July 2008 | Elliot Omozusi | Fulham | Norwich City | Loan |
| 19 July 2008 | Dejan Stefanovic | Fulham | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2008 | Rob Hulse | Sheffield United | Derby County | £1.75m |
| 21 July 2008 | Przemysław Kaźmierczak | Porto | Derby County | Loan |
| 21 July 2008 | Claude Makélélé | Chelsea | Paris Saint-Germain | Free |
| 21 July 2008 | Richard Wright | West Ham United | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2008 | Tomi Ameobi | Leeds United | Doncaster Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2008 | Jason Beardsley | Derby County | Notts County | Loan |
| 22 July 2008 | Febian Brandy | Manchester United | Swansea City | Loan |
| 22 July 2008 | Darius Henderson | Watford | Sheffield United | £2m |
| 22 July 2008 | Arturo Lupoli | Fiorentina | Norwich City | Loan |
| 22 July 2008 | Arnau Riera | Sunderland | Falkirk | Loan |
| 22 July 2008 | Amr Zaki | Zamalek | Wigan Athletic | Loan |
| 23 July 2008 | Matt Bailey | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Burton Albion | Loan |
| 23 July 2008 | Valon Behrami | Lazio | West Ham United | £5m |
| 23 July 2008 | David Bell | Luton Town | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2008 | Scott Davies | Reading | Aldershot Town | Loan |
| 23 July 2008 | José Fonte | Benfica | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2008 | Emmanuel Mendy | Murcia Deportivo | Liverpool | Free |
| 23 July 2008 | Ben Starosta | Sheffield United | Aldershot Town | Loan |
| 23 July 2008 | Teemu Tainio | Tottenham Hotspur | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2008 | Simon Thomas | Boreham Wood | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2008 | Michael Bridges | Hull City | Carlisle United | Loan |
| 24 July 2008 | Nick Colgan | Unattached | Sunderland | Free |
| 24 July 2008 | David Ngog | Paris Saint-Germain | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2008 | Luton Shelton | Sheffield United | Vålerenga | £1m |
| 25 July 2008 | Godwin Antwi | Liverpool | Tranmere Rovers | Loan |
| 25 July 2008 | Nathan Ashton | Fulham | Wycombe Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2008 | Joe Garner | Carlisle United | Nottingham Forest | £1.14m |
| 25 July 2008 | Jack Hobbs | Liverpool | Leicester City | Loan |
| 25 July 2008 | David Meyler | Cork City | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2008 | Paul Robinson | Tottenham Hotspur | Blackburn Rovers | £3.5m |
| 26 July 2008 | Pascal Chimbonda | Tottenham Hotspur | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2008 | Brad Friedel | Blackburn Rovers | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2008 | Seyi Olofinjana | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Stoke City | £3m |
| 27 July 2008 | John Kennedy | Celtic | Norwich City | Loan |
| 28 July 2008 | Jamie Clarke | Blackburn Rovers | Accrington Stanley | Loan |
| 28 July 2008 | El Hadji Diouf | Bolton Wanderers | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2008 | Anthony Gardner | Tottenham Hotspur | Hull City | Loan |
| 28 July 2008 | Robbie Keane | Tottenham Hotspur | Liverpool | £19m |
| 28 July 2008 | Sulley Muntari | Portsmouth | Internazionale | £12.7m |
| 28 July 2008 | Mustapha Riga | Levante | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2008 | Elliott Bennett | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Bury | Loan |
| 29 July 2008 | Lee Cattermole | Middlesbrough | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2008 | Chris Eagles | Manchester United | Burnley | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2008 | Gary Roberts | Ipswich Town | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2008 | Kemy Agustien | AZ | Birmingham City | Loan |
| 30 July 2008 | Tal Ben Haim | Chelsea | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2008 | David Bentley | Blackburn Rovers | Tottenham Hotspur | £15m |
| 30 July 2008 | Amaury Bischoff | Werder Bremen | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2008 | Brian McBride | Fulham | Major League Soccer (Chicago Fire) | Free |
| 30 July 2008 | Steed Malbranque | Tottenham Hotspur | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2008 | Thomas Sørensen | Aston Villa | Stoke City | Free |
| 30 July 2008 | Fredrik Stoor | Rosenborg | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2008 | Madjid Bougherra | Charlton Athletic | Rangers | £2.5m |
| 31 July 2008 | Lee Collins | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Port Vale | Loan |
| 31 July 2008 | David Cotterill | Wigan Athletic | Sheffield United | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2008 | Kaspars Gorkšs | Blackpool | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2008 | Nicky Maynard | Crewe Alexandra | Bristol City | £2.25m |
| 31 July 2008 | Matthew Mills | Manchester City | Doncaster Rovers | £300k |
| 31 July 2008 | Daniel Nardiello | Queens Park Rangers | Blackpool | Free |
| 31 July 2008 | Zesh Rehman | Queens Park Rangers | Blackpool | Loan |
| 31 July 2008 | Ross Wallace | Sunderland | Preston North End | Loan |
| 1 August 2008 | Luke Daniels | West Bromwich Albion | Shrewsbury Town | Loan |
| 1 August 2008 | Brad Guzan | Major League Soccer (Chivas USA) | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2008 | Carlos Villanueva | Audax Italiano | Blackburn Rovers | Loan |
| 3 August 2008 | Dani Parejo | Real Madrid | Queens Park Rangers | Loan |
| 4 August 2008 | Shaun Cummings | Chelsea | MK Dons | Loan |
| 4 August 2008 | Omar Koroma | Banjul Hawks | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2008 | Omar Koroma | Portsmouth | Norwich City | Loan |
| 4 August 2008 | Jan Laštůvka | Shakhtar Donetsk | West Ham United | Loan |
| 4 August 2008 | David Martin | Liverpool | Leicester City | Loan |
| 4 August 2008 | Danny Simpson | Manchester United | Blackburn Rovers | Loan |
| 4 August 2008 | David Vaughan | Real Sociedad | Blackpool | £200k |
| 5 August 2008 | Moses Ashikodi | Watford | Hereford United | Loan |
| 5 August 2008 | Jay Bothroyd | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Cardiff City | £300k |
| 5 August 2008 | Mo Camara | Derby County | Blackpool | Loan |
| 5 August 2008 | James Chambers | Leicester City | Doncaster Rovers | Free |
| 5 August 2008 | Sebastián Leto | Liverpool | Olympiacos | Loan |
| 6 August 2008 | Rob Edwards | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2008 | Julio Santa Cruz | Cerro Porteño | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2008 | Danny Shittu | Watford | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2008 | Simon Walton | Queens Park Rangers | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2008 | Pascal Zuberbühler | Neuchâtel Xamax | Fulham | Free |
| 7 August 2008 | Asmir Begović | Portsmouth | Yeovil Town | Loan |
| 7 August 2008 | Paddy Gamble | Nottingham Forest | Mansfield Town | Loan |
| 7 August 2008 | Anthony Grant | Chelsea | Southend United | Free |
| 7 August 2008 | Andrew Johnson | Everton | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2008 | Artur Krysiak | Birmingham City | York City | Loan |
| 7 August 2008 | Clinton Morrison | Unattached | Coventry City | Free |
| 7 August 2008 | Quincy Owusu-Abeyie | Spartak Moscow | Birmingham City | Loan |
| 7 August 2008 | Nicky Shorey | Reading | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2008 | Joel Ward | Portsmouth | AFC Bournemouth | Loan |
| 7 August 2008 | Luke Young | Middlesbrough | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2008 | Frankie Artus | Bristol City | Brentford | Loan |
| 8 August 2008 | Alan Bennett | Reading | Brentford | Loan |
| 8 August 2008 | Besart Berisha | Burnley | Rosenborg | Loan |
| 8 August 2008 | Craig Cathcart | Manchester United | Plymouth Argyle | Loan |
| 8 August 2008 | Billy Clarke | Ipswich Town | Darlington | Loan |
| 8 August 2008 | Stephen Gleeson | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Stockport County | Loan |
| 8 August 2008 | Dan Harding | Ipswich Town | Southend United | Loan |
| 8 August 2008 | TJ Moncur | Fulham | Bradford City | Loan |
| 8 August 2008 | Mark Oxley | Rotherham United | Hull City | £150k |
| 8 August 2008 | Maceo Rigters | Blackburn Rovers | Barnsley | Loan |
| 8 August 2008 | James Wilson | Bristol City | Brentford | Loan |
| 8 August 2008 | Stephen Wright | Unattached | Coventry City | Free |
| 9 August 2008 | Hamer Bouazza | Fulham | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 10 August 2008 | Abdoulaye Méïté | Bolton Wanderers | West Bromwich Albion | £2m |
| 11 August 2008 | Chris Barker | Queens Park Rangers | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2008 | Iván Campo | Unattached | Ipswich Town | Free |
| 11 August 2008 | Leandre Griffit | Elfsborg | Crystal Palace | Free |
| 11 August 2008 | Younes Kaboul | Tottenham Hotspur | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2008 | John Oster | Unattached | Crystal Palace | Free |
| 12 August 2008 | Carlos Cuéllar | Rangers | Aston Villa | £7.8m |
| 12 August 2008 | César Sánchez | Real Zaragoza | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2008 | Vincent van den Berg | Arsenal | Zwolle | Loan |
| 13 August 2008 | Nicky Bailey | Southend United | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2008 | Lee Martin | Manchester United | Nottingham Forest | Loan |
| 13 August 2008 | Donovan Simmonds | Coventry City | Kilmarnock | Loan |
| 14 August 2008 | Trevor Carson | Sunderland | Chesterfield | Loan |
| 14 August 2008 | Anthony Gardner | Tottenham Hotspur | Hull City | £2.5m |
| 14 August 2008 | Marlon King | Wigan Athletic | Hull City | Loan |
| 14 August 2008 | Jennison Myrie-Williams | Bristol City | Cheltenham Town | Loan |
| 14 August 2008 | Craig Noone | Southport | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2008 | Ben Thatcher | Unattached | Ipswich Town | Free |
| 15 August 2008 | Fabricio Coloccini | Deportivo | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2008 | Abdoulaye Faye | Newcastle United | Stoke City | £2.25m |
| 15 August 2008 | Amdy Faye | Charlton Athletic | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2008 | Benny Feilhaber | Derby County | AGF | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2008 | Pedro Mendes | Portsmouth | Rangers | £3m |
| 15 August 2008 | Claudio Pizarro | Chelsea | Werder Bremen | Loan |
| 15 August 2008 | Grzegorz Rasiak | Southampton | Watford | Loan |
| 15 August 2008 | Adam Rooney | Stoke City | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | £50k |
| 15 August 2008 | Gary Teale | Derby County | Barnsley | Loan |
| 15 August 2008 | Aswad Thomas | Charlton Athletic | Barnet | Loan |
| 15 August 2008 | Jerome Thomas | Charlton Athletic | Portsmouth | Loan |
| 16 August 2008 | Justin Hoyte | Arsenal | Middlesbrough | £3m |
| 16 August 2008 | Glenn Loovens | Cardiff City | Celtic | £2.5m |
| 18 August 2008 | Håvard Nordtveit | Arsenal | Salamanca | Loan |
| 18 August 2008 | Lee Sawyer | Chelsea | Southend United | Loan |
| 18 August 2008 | Dean Sinclair | Charlton Athletic | Cheltenham Town | Loan |
| 18 August 2008 | Scott Wagstaff | Charlton Athletic | AFC Bournemouth | Loan |
| 18 August 2008 | Andy Webster | Rangers | Bristol City | Loan |
| 19 August 2008 | Nacer Barazite | Arsenal | Derby County | Loan |
| 19 August 2008 | Andrew Davies | Southampton | Stoke City | £1.3m |
| 19 August 2008 | Liam Dickinson | Derby County | Huddersfield Town | Loan |
| 19 August 2008 | Gábor Gyepes | Northampton Town | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2008 | Krystian Pearce | Birmingham City | Scunthorpe United | Loan |
| 20 August 2008 | Jack Cork | Chelsea | Southampton | Loan |
| 20 August 2008 | Richard Keogh | Bristol City | Carlisle United | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2008 | David Mooney | Cork City | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2008 | Mikaël Silvestre | Manchester United | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2008 | Djibril Cissé | Marseille | Sunderland | Loan |
| 21 August 2008 | Steven Davis | Fulham | Rangers | £3m |
| 21 August 2008 | David Healy | Fulham | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2008 | Eddie Lewis | Derby County | Major League Soccer (Los Angeles Galaxy) | Free |
| 21 August 2008 | Tony McMahon | Middlesbrough | Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 21 August 2008 | Fábio Paím | Sporting CP | Chelsea | Loan |
| 21 August 2008 | Hal Robson-Kanu | Reading | Southend United | Loan |
| 21 August 2008 | Jerome Thomas | Charlton Athletic | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2008 | Armand Traoré | Arsenal | Portsmouth | Loan |
| 22 August 2008 | Eddie Johnson | Fulham | Cardiff City | Loan |
| 22 August 2008 | Vincent Kompany | Hamburg | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2008 | Craig Lindfield | Liverpool | AFC Bournemouth | Loan |
| 22 August 2008 | Mark Little | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Northampton Town | Loan |
| 22 August 2008 | Shaun Maloney | Aston Villa | Celtic | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2008 | Borja Valero | Mallorca | West Bromwich Albion | £4.7m |
| 23 August 2008 | Rolando Bianchi | Manchester City | Torino | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2008 | Simon Church | Reading | Wycombe Wanderers | Loan |
| 25 August 2008 | Andriy Shevchenko | Chelsea | Milan | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2008 | Russell Anderson | Sunderland | Burnley | Loan |
| 26 August 2008 | Chris Armstrong | Sheffield United | Reading | £500k |
| 26 August 2008 | Charlie Daniels | Tottenham Hotspur | Gillingham | Loan |
| 26 August 2008 | James Dayton | Crystal Palace | Yeovil Town | Loan |
| 26 August 2008 | Vince Grella | Torino | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2008 | Lars Jacobsen | Unattached | Everton | Free |
| 26 August 2008 | Tomáš Pekhart | Tottenham Hotspur | Southampton | Loan |
| 27 August 2008 | Anton Ferdinand | West Ham United | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2008 | Lee Young-Pyo | Tottenham Hotspur | Borussia Dortmund | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2008 | Philippe Senderos | Arsenal | Milan | Loan |
| 28 August 2008 | Keith Andrews | Milton Keynes Dons | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2008 | Segundo Castillo | Red Star Belgrade | Everton | Loan |
| 28 August 2008 | Jared Hodgkiss | West Bromwich Albion | Aberdeen | Loan |
| 28 August 2008 | Linvoy Primus | Portsmouth | Charlton Athletic | Loan |
| 28 August 2008 | Moritz Volz | Fulham | Ipswich Town | Loan |
| 28 August 2008 | Shaun Wright-Phillips | Chelsea | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2008 | Chris Casement | Ipswich Town | Hamilton Academical | Loan |
| 29 August 2008 | Dickson Etuhu | Sunderland | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2008 | Alan Lee | Ipswich Town | Crystal Palace | £600k |
| 29 August 2008 | James Milner | Newcastle United | Aston Villa | £12m |
| 29 August 2008 | Karl Moore | Manchester City | Millwall | Loan |
| 29 August 2008 | Jon Parkin | Stoke City | Preston North End | Loan |
| 29 August 2008 | Anthony Pulis | Stoke City | Southampton | Free |
| 29 August 2008 | Ryan Shotton | Stoke City | Tranmere Rovers | Loan |
| 29 August 2008 | Ebi Smolarek | Racing Santander | Bolton Wanderers | Loan |
| 29 August 2008 | Ibrahima Sonko | Reading | Stoke City | £2m |
| 29 August 2008 | Tom Taiwo | Chelsea | Port Vale | Loan |
| 30 August 2008 | Paul McShane | Sunderland | Hull City | Loan |
| 31 August 2008 | Gláuber | Nürnberg | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2008 | Jonas Olsson | NEC | West Bromwich Albion | £800k |
| 31 August 2008 | Pablo Zabaleta | Espanyol | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2008 | Kamil Zayatte | Young Boys | Hull City | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | John Akinde | Ebbsfleet United | Bristol City | £140k |
| 1 September 2008 | Sone Aluko | Birmingham City | Aberdeen | £50k |
| 1 September 2008 | Nadir Belhadj | Lens | Portsmouth | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Dimitar Berbatov | Tottenham Hotspur | Manchester United | £30.75m |
| 1 September 2008 | Rachid Bouaouzan | Wigan Athletic | NEC | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Mark Bunn | Northampton Town | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Fraizer Campbell | Manchester United | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Jean-Francois Christophe | Portsmouth | Southend United | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Vedran Ćorluka | Manchester City | Tottenham Hotspur | £8.5m |
| 1 September 2008 | Daniel Cousin | Rangers | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Ryan Donk | AZ | West Bromwich Albion | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Blerim Dzemaili | Bolton Wanderers | Torino | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Stephen Elliott | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Marouane Fellaini | Standard Liège | Everton | £15m |
| 1 September 2008 | Steve Finnan | Liverpool | Espanyol | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Vitor Flora | Botafogo | Liverpool | Free |
| 1 September 2008 | Dougie Freedman | Crystal Palace | Southend United | Free |
| 1 September 2008 | George Friend | Exeter City | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Paul Gallagher | Blackburn Rovers | Plymouth Argyle | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Romain Gasmi | Strasbourg | Southampton | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Ignacio González | Valencia | Newcastle United | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Julian Gray | Coventry City | Fulham | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Jonathan Grounds | Middlesbrough | Norwich City | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Péter Gulácsi | MTK Hungária | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Danny Higginbotham | Sunderland | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Matt Hill | Preston North End | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Viktor Illugason | Reading | Eastbourne Borough | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Collins John | Fulham | NEC | Free |
| 1 September 2008 | Nicolas Marin | Lorient | Plymouth Argyle | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | George McCartney | West Ham United | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Tyrone Mears | Derby County | Marseille | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Carlo Nash | Wigan Athletic | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Jon Parkin | Stoke City | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | Spartak Moscow | Tottenham Hotspur | £14m |
| 1 September 2008 | Albert Riera | Espanyol | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Robinho | Real Madrid | Manchester City | £32.5m |
| 1 September 2008 | Louis Saha | Manchester United | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Jason Shackell | Norwich City | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Antoine Sibierski | Wigan Athletic | Norwich City | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Tom Soares | Crystal Palace | Stoke City | £1.25m |
| 1 September 2008 | Ben Starosta | Sheffield United | Lechia Gdańsk | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Jon Stead | Sheffield United | Ipswich Town | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Steven Thompson | Cardiff City | Burnley | Free |
| 1 September 2008 | Michael Tonge | Sheffield United | Stoke City | £2m |
| 1 September 2008 | Javan Vidal | Manchester City | Grimsby Town | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Andriy Voronin | Liverpool | Hertha BSC | Loan |
| 1 September 2008 | Xisco | Deportivo La Coruña | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2008 | Gabriel Zakuani | Fulham | Peterborough United | Loan |
* ^1 Player officially joined his new club on 1 July 2008.