# List of English football transfers summer 2003

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 | Yakubu | Maccabi Haifa | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 25 July 2003 | Yoann Folly | Saint-Étienne | Southampton | £250,000 |
| 26 July 2003 | Jens Lehmann | Borussia Dortmund | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2003 | Guillaume Warmuz | Arsenal | Borussia Dortmund | Undisclosed |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 9 August 2003 | Ross Gardner | Newcastle United | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 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 August 2003 | Sebastian Schemmel | West Ham United | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2003 | Aboubacar Fofana | Juventus | Millwall | Undisclosed |
| 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 |