# List of English football transfers winter 2005–06

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 winter transfer window opened on 1 January 2006, 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 in May 2006.

## Post-window deals

| Date | Name | Nat | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
| 28 October 2005 | Jemal Johnson | | Blackburn Rovers | Preston North End | Loan |

## January transfers

| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
| 1 January 2006 | Tony Warner | Cardiff City | Fulham | Nominal (making a previous loan deal permanent) |
| 1 January 2006 | Mikel John Obi | Lyn | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2006 | Yaniv Katan | Maccabi Haifa | West Ham United | £100k |
| 4 January 2006 | Josemi | Liverpool | Villarreal | Swap (Kromkamp deal) |
| 4 January 2006 | Jan Kromkamp | Villarreal | Liverpool | Swap (Part of Josemi deal) |
| 4 January 2006 | Laurent Robert | Portsmouth | Newcastle United | loan cancelled |
| 4 January 2006 | Laurent Robert | Newcastle United | Benfica | free |
| 4 January 2006 | Maniche | Dynamo Moscow | Chelsea | six-month loan |
| 4 January 2006 | Emmanuel Olisadebe | Panathinaikos | Portsmouth | six-month loan |
| 5 January 2006 | Chris Sutton | Celtic | Birmingham City | free |
| 5 January 2006 | Nemanja Vidić | Spartak Moscow | Manchester United | £7m |
| 5 January 2006 | Albert Riera | Espanyol | Manchester City | six-month loan |
| 6 January 2006 | Simon Elliott | Major League Soccer (Columbus Crew) | Fulham | free |
| 6 January 2006 | Ali Al Habsi | Lyn | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2006 | Benjani Mwaruwari | Auxerre | Portsmouth | £4.1m |
| 9 January 2006 | David Bellion | Manchester United | Nice | six-month loan |
| 9 January 2006 | Paul Scharner | Brann | Wigan Athletic | £2.5m |
| 10 January 2006 | Patrice Evra | AS Monaco | Manchester United | £5.5m |
| 10 January 2006 | Antti Niemi | Southampton | Fulham | £1m |
| 12 January 2006 | Sean Davis | Tottenham Hotspur | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2006 | Pedro Mendes | Tottenham Hotspur | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2006 | Noe Pamarot | Tottenham Hotspur | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2006 | Daniel Agger | Brøndby | Liverpool | £5.8m |
| 12 January 2006 | Abou Diaby | Auxerre | Arsenal | £2m |
| 12 January 2006 | Walter Pandiani | Birmingham City | Espanyol | £1m |
| 13 January 2006 | Garry Flitcroft | Blackburn Rovers | Sheffield United | free |
| 13 January 2006 | Emmanuel Adebayor | AS Monaco | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2006 | Marcus Bent | Everton | Charlton Athletic | £2m |
| 17 January 2006 | Riccardo Scimeca | West Bromwich Albion | Cardiff City | free |
| 19 January 2006 | Neil Mellor | Liverpool | Wigan Athletic | six-month loan |
| 19 January 2006 | David Thompson | Blackburn Rovers | Wigan Athletic | free |
| 19 January 2006 | Wayne Bridge | Chelsea | Fulham | six-month loan |
| 20 January 2006 | Alan Stubbs | Sunderland | Everton | free |
| 20 January 2006 | Theo Walcott | Southampton | Arsenal | Initially £5m (Final price £9.1m) |
| 23 January 2006 | Dean Ashton | Norwich City | West Ham | £7.25m |
| 23 January 2006 | Mart Poom | Sunderland | Arsenal | Undisclosed (making a loan deal permanent) |
| 24 January 2006 | Alexey Smertin | Chelsea | Dynamo Moscow | £1m |
| 25 January 2006 | Tomasz Frankowski | Elche | Wolves | £1.4m |
| 25 January 2006 | Dean Kiely | Charlton Athletic | Portsmouth | undisclosed fee |
| 25 January 2006 | Szilárd Németh | Middlesbrough | Strasbourg | six-month loan |
| 26 January 2006 | Ade Akinbiyi | Burnley | Sheffield United | £1.75m |
| 27 January 2006 | Robbie Fowler | Manchester City | Liverpool | free |
| 30 January 2006 | Georgios Samaras | Heerenveen | Manchester City | £6m |
| 31 January 2006 | David Bentley | Arsenal | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2006 | Andrés d'Alessandro | Wolfsburg | Portsmouth | six-month loan |
| 31 January 2006 | Rory Delap | Southampton | Sunderland | free |
| 31 January 2006 | Robert Earnshaw | West Brom | Norwich City | £3.5m |
| 31 January 2006 | Hossam Ghaly | Feyenoord | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2006 | Danny Murphy | Charlton Athletic | Tottenham Hotspur | £2m |
| 31 January 2006 | Quincy Owusu-Abeyie | Arsenal | Spartak Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2006 | Nigel Quashie | Southampton | West Brom | £1.2m |
| 31 January 2006 | Andy Welsh | Sunderland | Leicester City | three-month loan |
| 31 January 2006 | Zesh Rehman | Fulham | Norwich City | six-month loan |
| 31 January 2006 | Lionel Scaloni | Deportivo de La Coruña | West Ham United | six-month loan |
| 31 January 2006 | Florent Sinama Pongolle | Liverpool | Blackburn Rovers | six-month loan |
| 31 January 2006 | Matty Fryatt | Walsall | Leicester City | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2006 | Joey Guðjónsson | Leicester City | AZ Alkmaar | free |