# List of English football transfers summer 2006

This is a list of English football transfers for the 2006–07 season. Only moves from the Premiership and Championship, as well as any other prominent moves from the lower leagues are listed.
The summer transfer window ran from the end of the 2005–06 season, with a few transfers taking place prior to the season's complete end, the first prominent move went through on 2 May. The window closed on 31 August. The mid-season transfer window opened on 1 January 2007, and ran for the entire month, until 31 January. Players without a club may join one, 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.
Chelsea broke the record for the highest transfer fee paid by an English club, as well as their own transfer record when they paid £30 million for Andriy Shevchenko, slightly eclipsing the £29.1 million Manchester United paid for Rio Ferdinand in 2002. It also became the sixth highest costing transfer of all time. Dietmar Hamann's transfer to Bolton Wanderers became the shortest in English footballing history, with him only being at the club for one day, before having a "change of heart" and joining Manchester City the following day. In total, Premiership clubs spent the highest amount on transfers in the summer since the transfer window system was introduced.

## Summer transfer window

* Clubs are English unless noted
| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
| 2 May 2006 | Grzegorz Rasiak | Tottenham Hotspur | Southampton | £2m |
| 6 May 2006 | DJ Campbell | Brentford | Birmingham City | £2m |
| 8 May 2006 | Jimmy Bullard | Wigan Athletic | Fulham | £2.5m |
| 15 May 2006 | Michael Ballack | Bayern Munich | Chelsea | Free |
| 23 May 2006 | Tomáš Rosický | Borussia Dortmund | Arsenal | £6.8m |
| 24 May 2006 | David Sommeil | Manchester City | Sheffield United | Free |
| 25 May 2006 | Robert Pires | Arsenal | Villarreal | Free |
| 26 May 2006 | Paul Dickov | Blackburn Rovers | Manchester City | Free |
| 30 May 2006 | Andrew Johnson | Crystal Palace | Everton | £8.6m |
| 30 May 2006 | Salomon Kalou | Feyenoord | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 31 May 2006 | Andriy Shevchenko | A.C. Milan | Chelsea | £30m |
| 31 May 2006 | Cameron Jerome | Cardiff City | Birmingham City | £3m |
| 1 June 2006 | Henrique Hilário | Nacional Madeira | Chelsea | Free |
| 1 June 2006 | Andy Gray | Sunderland | Burnley | £750k |
| 2 June 2006 | Mikel John Obi | Manchester United | Chelsea | £16m |
| 6 June 2006 | Juan Sebastián Verón | Chelsea | Estudiantes | Two-season long loan |
| 8 June 2006 | Lee Bowyer | Newcastle United | West Ham United | £3.5m |
| 14 June 2006 | Michael Chopra | Newcastle United | Cardiff City | £500k |
| 14 June 2006 | Joleon Lescott | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Everton | £5m |
| 14 June 2006 | Claude Davis | Preston North End | Sheffield United | £3.5m |
| 14 June 2006 | Eiður Guðjohnsen | Chelsea | Barcelona | £8m |
| 15 June 2006 | Jonathan Spector | Manchester United | West Ham United | £500k |
| 19 June 2006 | Jiri Jarosik | Chelsea | Celtic | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2006 | Ousmane Dabo | Lazio | Manchester City | Free |
| 22 June 2006 | Craig Bellamy | Blackburn Rovers | Liverpool | £6m |
| 26 June 2006 | Danny Pugh | Leeds United | Preston North End | £250k |
| 26 June 2006 | Jason Brown | Gillingham | Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 26 June 2006 | Fitz Hall | Crystal Palace | Wigan Athletic | £3m |
| 26 June 2006 | John Hartson | Celtic | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2006 | Stephen Kelly | Tottenham Hotspur | Birmingham City | £750k |
| 26 June 2006 | Glen Johnson | Chelsea | Portsmouth | Season-long loan |
| 26 June 2006 | Aki Riihilahti | Crystal Palace | Kaiserslautern | Free |
| 29 June 2006 | Colin Cameron | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Coventry City | Free |
| 30 June 2006 | Bruno Cheyrou | Liverpool | Rennes | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2006 | Leon Cort | Hull City | Crystal Palace | £1.25m |
| 30 June 2006 | Chris Powell | Charlton Athletic | Watford | Free |
| 30 June 2006 | Didier Zokora | Saint-Étienne | Tottenham Hotspur | £8.2m |
| 1 July 2006 | Gabriel Paletta | Banfield | Liverpool | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2006 | David Bellion | Manchester United | Nice | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2006 | Kenny Miller | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Celtic | Free |
| 1 July 2006 | Tim Howard | Manchester United | Everton | Season-long loan |
| 1 July 2006 | Dimitar Berbatov | Bayer Leverkusen | Tottenham Hotspur | £10.9m |
| 3 July 2006 | Francis Jeffers | Charlton Athletic | Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 3 July 2006 | Jason Roberts | Wigan Athletic | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2006 | Chris Perry | Charlton Athletic | West Bromwich Albion | Free |
| 4 July 2006 | Mikele Leigertwood | Crystal Palace | Sheffield United | £600k |
| 5 July 2006 | Shaka Hislop | West Ham United | Major League Soccer (FC Dallas) | Free |
| 5 July 2006 | Bradley Wright-Phillips | Manchester City | Southampton | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2006 | Stan Lazaridis | Birmingham City | Perth Glory | Free |
| 5 July 2006 | Fábio Aurélio | Valencia | Liverpool | Free |
| 5 July 2006 | Fernando Morientes | Liverpool | Valencia | £3m |
| 5 July 2006 | Carlton Cole | Chelsea | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2006 | Tyrone Mears | Preston North End | West Ham United | £1m |
| 6 July 2006 | Bruno Ngotty | Bolton Wanderers | Birmingham City | Free |
| 6 July 2006 | Li Tie | Everton | Sheffield United | Free |
| 7 July 2006 | Emile Heskey | Birmingham City | Wigan Athletic | £5.5m |
| 11 July 2006 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Middlesbrough | Charlton Athletic | Free |
| 11 July 2006 | Chris Kirkland | Liverpool | Wigan Athletic | Six-month loan |
| 11 July 2006 | Seol Ki-Hyeon | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Reading | £1.5m |
| 11 July 2006 | Gabriel Zakuani | Leyton Orient | Fulham | £1.5m |
| 11 July 2006 | Mark Kennedy | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Crystal Palace | Free |
| 11 July 2006 | Paul Smith | Southampton | Nottingham Forest | £500k |
| 11 July 2006 | Dietmar Hamann | Liverpool | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 12 July 2006 | Dietmar Hamann | Bolton Wanderers | Manchester City | Free |
| 12 July 2006 | Djibril Cissé | Liverpool | Marseille | Season-long loan |
| 12 July 2006 | Damien Francis | Wigan Athletic | Watford | £1.5m |
| 12 July 2006 | Björn Runström | Hammarby | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 14 July 2006 | Sam Sodje | Brentford | Reading | £350k |
| 14 July 2006 | Abdoulaye Méïté | Marseille | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 14 July 2006 | Dean Marney | Tottenham Hotspur | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2006 | Denny Landzaat | AZ Alkmaar | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2006 | Jay-Jay Okocha | Bolton Wanderers | Qatar Sports Club | Free |
| 19 July 2006 | Kenny Cunningham | Birmingham City | Sunderland | Free |
| 19 July 2006 | Pedro Pelé | Belenenses | Southampton | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2006 | Bernardo Corradi | Valencia | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2006 | Gary Breen | Sunderland | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free |
| 20 July 2006 | Barry Hayles | Millwall | Plymouth Argyle | £100k |
| 21 July 2006 | Kelvin Davis | Sunderland | Southampton | £1m |
| 21 July 2006 | David Livermore | Millwall | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2006 | Damien Duff | Chelsea | Newcastle United | £5m |
| 22 July 2006 | Asier del Horno | Chelsea | Valencia | £4.8m |
| 24 July 2006 | Rob Hulse | Leeds United | Sheffield United | £2.2m |
| 25 July 2006 | James Scowcroft | Coventry City | Crystal Palace | £500k |
| 26 July 2006 | Sander Westerveld | Portsmouth | UD Almería | Free |
| 26 July 2006 | Julio Arca | Sunderland | Middlesbrough | £1.75m |
| 26 July 2006 | Quinton Fortune | Manchester United | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 26 July 2006 | Jermaine Pennant | Birmingham City | Liverpool | £6.7m |
| 26 July 2006 | Kevin Nicholls | Luton Town | Leeds United | £700k |
| 27 July 2006 | Jay Bothroyd | Charlton Athletic | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free |
| 27 July 2006 | Franck Queudrue | Middlesbrough | Fulham | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2006 | Benni McCarthy | FC Porto | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2006 | David Thompson | Wigan Athletic | Portsmouth | Free |
| 28 July 2006 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Manchester United | Real Madrid | £10.2m |
| 29 July 2006 | Carl Fletcher | West Ham United | Crystal Palace | £400k |
| 29 July 2006 | Rudi Skácel | Hearts | Southampton | £1.6m |
| 31 July 2006 | Lee Croft | Manchester City | Norwich City | £600k |
| 31 July 2006 | Michael Carrick | Tottenham Hotspur | Manchester United | £18.6m |
| 1 August 2006 | Emmerson Boyce | Crystal Palace | Wigan Athletic | £1m |
| 1 August 2006 | John Paintsil | Hapoel Tel Aviv | West Ham United | £1m |
| 1 August 2006 | David Livermore | Leeds United | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2006 | Jamie Clapham | Birmingham City | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free |
| 2 August 2006 | Danny Higginbotham | Southampton | Stoke City | £225k |
| 2 August 2006 | Kevin Campbell | West Bromwich Albion | Cardiff City | Free |
| 2 August 2006 | Willo Flood | Manchester City | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2006 | Geoff Horsfield | Sheffield United | Leeds United | Five-month loan |
| 3 August 2006 | Mario Melchiot | Birmingham City | Rennes | Free |
| 3 August 2006 | Antonio Valencia | Villarreal | Wigan Athletic | Season-long loan |
| 3 August 2006 | Jonatan Johansson | Charlton Athletic | Malmö FF | Free |
| 4 August 2006 | Antonio Barragán | Liverpool | Deportivo La Coruña | £680k |
| 4 August 2006 | Jhon Viáfara | Portsmouth | Southampton | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2006 | Radhi Jaïdi | Bolton Wanderers | Birmingham City | £2m |
| 4 August 2006 | Ryan Smith | Arsenal | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2006 | Matthew Oakley | Southampton | Derby County | Free |
| 4 August 2006 | Sebastian Larsson | Arsenal | Birmingham City | Six-month loan |
| 4 August 2006 | Mario Lička | FC Slovácko | Southampton | Free |
| 4 August 2006 | Gerard Piqué | Manchester United | Real Zaragoza | Season-long loan |
| 6 August 2006 | Danny Shittu | Queens Park Rangers | Watford | £1.6m |
| 7 August 2006 | Hernán Crespo | Chelsea | Inter Milan | Two season-long loan |
| 8 August 2006 | George McCartney | Sunderland | West Ham United | £600k |
| 8 August 2006 | Clive Clarke | West Ham United | Sunderland | Swap |
| 8 August 2006 | Zesh Rehman | Fulham | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2006 | Sol Campbell | Arsenal | Portsmouth | Free |
| 8 August 2006 | Amady Faye | Newcastle United | Charlton Athletic | £2m |
| 8 August 2006 | Djimi Traoré | Liverpool | Charlton Athletic | £2m |
| 8 August 2006 | Simon Charlton | Norwich City | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| 9 August 2006 | Tamás Priskin | Győri ETO | Watford | £1m |
| 9 August 2006 | Dexter Blackstock | Southampton | Queens Park Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2006 | Tomasz Kuszczak | West Bromwich Albion | Manchester United | Season-long loan |
| 10 August 2006 | Paul McShane | Manchester United | West Bromwich Albion | Swap |
| 10 August 2006 | Luke Steele | Manchester United | West Bromwich Albion | Swap |
| 10 August 2006 | Ben Foster | Manchester United | Watford | Season-long loan |
| 10 August 2006 | Hatem Trabelsi | Ajax | Manchester City | Free |
| 11 August 2006 | David James | Manchester City | Portsmouth | £1.2m |
| 11 August 2006 | Hayden Foxe | Unattached | Leeds United | Free |
| 14 August 2006 | Scott Carson | Liverpool | Charlton Athletic | Season-long loan |
| 15 August 2006 | Andreas Isaksson | Rennes | Manchester City | £2m |
| 16 August 2006 | Mo Camara | Celtic | Derby County | Free |
| 16 August 2006 | Robert Green | Norwich City | West Ham United | £2m |
| 16 August 2006 | Gary McSheffrey | Coventry City | Birmingham City | £4m |
| 16 August 2006 | Andy Reid | Tottenham Hotspur | Charlton Athletic | £3m |
| 16 August 2006 | Phil Bardsley | Manchester United | Rangers | Season-long loan |
| 17 August 2006 | Nwankwo Kanu | West Bromwich Albion | Portsmouth | Free |
| 17 August 2006 | Jemal Johnson | Blackburn Rovers | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan |
| 18 August 2006 | Dirk Kuyt | Feyenoord | Liverpool | £10m |
| 18 August 2006 | Arturo Lupoli | Arsenal | Derby County | Season-long loan |
| 21 August 2006 | Khalid Boulahrouz | Hamburg | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2006 | Anthony Le Tallec | Liverpool | Sochaux | Season-long loan |
| 22 August 2006 | Jean-Alain Boumsong | Newcastle United | Juventus | £3.3m |
| 22 August 2006 | Kevin Phillips | Aston Villa | West Bromwich Albion | £700k |
| 23 August 2006 | Mathieu Berson | Aston Villa | Levante | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2006 | Tobias Hysen | Djurgårdens IF | Sunderland | £1.7m |
| 23 August 2006 | Andre Ooijer | PSV Eindhoven | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2006 | Lee Naylor | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Celtic | £600k |
| 24 August 2006 | Charlie Mulgrew | Celtic | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Swap |
| 24 August 2006 | Obafemi Martins | Inter Milan | Newcastle United | £10.1m |
| 25 August 2006 | Nicolas Anelka | Fenerbahçe | Bolton Wanderers | £8m |
| 25 August 2006 | Sam Parkin | Ipswich Town | Luton Town | £340k |
| 25 August 2006 | Ulises de la Cruz | Aston Villa | Reading | Free |
| 25 August 2006 | Kevin Kyle | Sunderland | Coventry City | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2006 | Szilárd Németh | Middlesbrough | Alemannia Aachen | Free |
| 29 August 2006 | Mido | A.S. Roma | Tottenham Hotspur | £4.5m |
| 29 August 2006 | Andranik Teymourian | F.C. Aboomoslem | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2006 | Junior Agogo | Bristol Rovers | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2006 | Stiliyan Petrov | Celtic | Aston Villa | £6.5m |
| 30 August 2006 | Neil Mellor | Liverpool | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2006 | Manuel Fernandes | Benfica | Portsmouth | Season-long loan |
| 30 August 2006 | Jonathan Woodgate | Real Madrid | Middlesbrough | Season-long loan |
| 30 August 2006 | Souleymane Diawara | Sochaux | Charlton Athletic | £3.7m |
| 30 August 2006 | Tommy Smith | Derby County | Watford | £500k |
| 30 August 2006 | Giuseppe Rossi | Manchester United | Newcastle United | Four-month loan |
| 31 August 2006 | Ricardo Fuller | Southampton | Stoke City | £100k |
| 31 August 2006 | Andy Cole | Manchester City | Portsmouth | £500k |
| 31 August 2006 | Florent Sinama Pongolle | Liverpool | Recreativo de Huelva | Season-long loan |
| 31 August 2006 | Steed Malbranque | Fulham | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Wayne Routledge | Tottenham Hotspur | Fulham | Season-long loan |
| 31 August 2006 | Jonathan Douglas | Blackburn Rovers | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Paul Ince | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Swindon Town | Free |
| 31 August 2006 | Sylvain Legwinski | Fulham | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Dwight Yorke | Sydney FC | Sunderland | £200k |
| 31 August 2006 | Jason Euell | Charlton Athletic | Middlesbrough | £300k |
| 31 August 2006 | Nicky Forster | Ipswich Town | Hull City | £250k |
| 31 August 2006 | Omar Pouso | Penarol | Charlton Athletic | Season-long loan |
| 31 August 2006 | Javier Mascherano | Corinthians | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Carlos Tevez | Corinthians | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Niko Kranjčar | Hajduk Split | Portsmouth | £3.5m |
| 31 August 2006 | Kevin Kilbane | Everton | Wigan Athletic | £2m |
| 31 August 2006 | Colin Kazim-Richards | Brighton & Hove Albion | Sheffield United | £150k |
| 31 August 2006 | Shabani Nonda | AS Roma | Blackburn Rovers | Season-long loan |
| 31 August 2006 | Jan Kromkamp | Liverpool | PSV Eindhoven | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Graham Kavanagh | Wigan Athletic | Sunderland | £500k |
| 31 August 2006 | Roudolphe Douala | Sporting Clube de Portugal | Portsmouth | Season-long loan |
| 31 August 2006 | Iñigo Idiakez | Derby County | Southampton | £250k |
| 31 August 2006 | Leon McKenzie | Norwich City | Coventry City | £1m |
| 31 August 2006 | Stanislav Varga | Celtic | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Ross Wallace | Celtic | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Antoine Sibierski | Manchester City | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Pascal Cygan | Arsenal | Villarreal | £2m |
| 31 August 2006 | DaMarcus Beasley | PSV Eindhoven | Manchester City | Season-long loan |
| 31 August 2006 | Michael Bridges | Carlisle United | Hull City | £350k |
| 31 August 2006 | David Cotterill | Bristol City | Wigan Athletic | £2m |
| 31 August 2006 | José Antonio Reyes | Arsenal | Real Madrid | Season-long loan |
| 31 August 2006 | Júlio Baptista | Real Madrid | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Liam Miller | Manchester United | Sunderland | Free |
| 31 August 2006 | David Connolly | Wigan Athletic | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Eirik Bakke | Leeds United | Brann | Free |
| 31 August 2006 | Junichi Inamoto | West Bromwich Albion | Galatasaray | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2006 | Shefki Kuqi | Blackburn Rovers | Crystal Palace | £2.5m |
| 31 August 2006 | Svetoslav Todorov | Portsmouth | Wigan Athletic | Season-long loan |
| 31 August 2006 | Pascal Chimbonda | Wigan Athletic | Tottenham Hotspur | £6m |
| 31 August 2006 | Robert Huth | Chelsea | Middlesbrough | £6m |
| 31 August 2006 | Ashley Cole | Arsenal | Chelsea | £5m |
| 31 August 2006 | William Gallas | Chelsea | Arsenal | Swap |
| 31 August 2006 | Denílson | São Paulo | Arsenal | £3.4m |