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List of English football transfers summer 2006

List of English football transfers summer 2006

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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.

Michael Ballack's arrival at Chelsea was one of the most high-profile transfers of the summer.

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.[1] It also became the sixth highest costing transfer of all time.[1] 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.[2] In total, Premiership clubs spent the highest amount on transfers in the summer since the transfer window system was introduced.[3]

Summer transfer window

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Notes and references

  1. Chelsea complete Shevchenko deal BBC Sport. Retrieved on 6 January 2007
  2. "Transfer Shorts". Football Transfers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. Premier clubs enjoy summer spree BBC News. Retrieved on 9 January 2007
  4. Some sources state the fee as being undisclosed.
  5. £12m paid to Manchester United, and £4m to Lyn Oslo. This was an unusual transfer; see Mikel John Obi's article for details.
  6. "NINE FOR BERBATOV". tottenhamhotspur.com. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  7. In Major League Soccer, all player contracts are owned by the league, not by individual teams.
  8. "MORIENTES LEAVES FOR VALENCIA". liverpoolfc.tv. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  9. Hamann signed a pre-contract agreement with Bolton before he quickly changing his mind, and joined Manchester City the next day. Bolton received £400k from Manchester City in compensation.
  10. Crespo joins Inter Milan on a two-year loan, which will bring him to the end of his Chelsea contract, making him a free agent and free to join Inter permanently. Chelsea have the option of re-calling him after the 2006–07 season.
  11. Part of George McCartney deal
  12. Kuszczak joins United on loan for the first season and then will sign permanently in July 2007.
  13. Part of Tomasz Kuszczak deal
  14. Previous club: Leicester City
  15. "Johnson completes move to Wolves". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  16. "Boumsong joins Juventus". juventus.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2006.
  17. Part of Lee Naylor deal
  18. "Oba Completes Toon Transfer!". nufc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 June 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2006.
  19. Woodgate joins for one year on loan, Middlesbrough then have the option to buy him permanently.
  20. Nonda joins for one year on loan, Blackburn then have the option to buy him permanently.
  21. Reyes joins for one year on loan, Real Madrid then have the option to buy him permanently.
  22. "Baptista moves to Arsenal as Reyes joins Real Madrid". Arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  23. Part of Ashley Cole deal

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