2005-06 in English football

The 2005-2006 season will be the 126th season of competitive football in England.

Major transfer deals

• 16 May 2005 - Paul Stalteri from Werder Bremen to Spurs, free
• 17 May 2005 - Patrik Berger from Portsmouth to Aston Villa, free
• 20 May 2005 - Aaron Hughes from Newcastle United to Aston Villa, £1m
• 26 May 2005 - Simon Davies from Tottenham Hotspur to Everton, £4m
• 30 May 2005 - Edu from Arsenal to Valencia, free
• 1 June 2005 - Darren Bent from Ipswich to Charlton, £2.5m
• 3 June 2005 - Patrick Kluivert from Newcastle United to Valencia, free (finalized on 20 June)
• 5 June 2005 - Edwin van der Sar from Fulham to Man United, undisclosed fee
• 10 June 2005 - Mikael Forssell from Chelsea to Birmingham City, £3m
• 13 June 2005 - Andy O'Brien from Newcastle United to Portsmouth, £2m
• 13 June 2005 - Vladimír ?micer from Liverpool to Bordeaux, free
• 13 June 2005 - Jonathan Stead from Blackburn to Sunderland, £1.8m
• 14 June 2005 - Kelvin Davis from Ipswich to Sunderland, £1.25m
• 14 June 2005 - Laurent Robert from Newcastle United to Portsmouth, loan with option to make permanent for approx. £2m
• 15 June 2005 - Scott Parker from Chelsea to Newcastle United, £6.5m
• 16 June 2005 - El Hadji Diouf from Liverpool to Bolton, undisclosed fee (making a previous loan deal permanent)
• 21 June 2005 - Asier del Horno from Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea, £8m
• 22 June 2005 - Park Ji-Sung from PSV Eindhoven to Man United, £4m
• 27 June 2005 - Alexander Hleb from VfB Stuttgart to Arsenal, £6m
• 27 June 2005 - Heiðar Helguson from Watford to Fulham, £1.3m
• 27 June 2005 - Per Krøldrup from Udinese to Everton, £5m
• 28 June 2005 - Emanuel Pogatetz from Bayer Leverkusen to Middlesbrough, £1.8m
• 29 June 2005 - Mateja Ke?man from Chelsea to Atlético Madrid, £5.3m
• 29 June 2005 - Kevin Phillips from Southampton to Aston Villa, £1m
• 4 July 2004 - Darren Carter from Birmingham City to West Brom, £1.5m
• 4 July 2004 - Boudewijn Zenden from Middlesbrough to Liverpool, free
• 5 July 2005 - Paul Konchesky from Charlton to West Ham, undisclosed fee
• 7 July 2005 - Craig Bellamy from Newcastle United to Blackburn, £5m
• 7 July 2005 - John Viafara from Once Caldas to Portsmouth, £1.6m
• 7 July 2005 - Aiyegbeni Yakubu from Portsmouth to Middlesbrough, £7.5m
• 14 July 2005 - Emre Belözo?lu from Inter Milan to Newcastle United, £4m
• 14 July 2005 - Patrick Vieira from Arsenal to Juventus, £13.7m
• 14 July 2005 - Leroy Lita from Bristol City to Reading, £1m
• 15 July 2005 - Jared Borgetti from CF Pachuca to Bolton, £1.5m
• 16 July 2005 - Yossi Benayoun from Racing Santander to West Ham, £2.5m
• 18 July 2005 - Shaun Wright-Phillips from Man City to Chelsea, £21m
• 20 July 2005 - Andy Cole from Fulham to Man City, free
• 20 July 2005 - Peter Crouch from Southampton to Liverpool, £7m
• 22 July 2005 - Sander Westerveld from Mallorca to Portsmouth, free
• 26 July 2005 - Diomansy Kamara from Modena to West Brom, £1.5m
• 27 July 2005 - Darius Vassell from Aston Villa to Manchester City, £2m
• 3 August 2005 - Edgar Davids from Inter Milan to Spurs, free
• 4 August 2005 - Philip Neville from Man United to Everton, undisclosed fee (over £3m; some reports say over £5m)
• 5 August 2005 - Damien Francis from Norwich to Wigan, undisclosed fee
• 5 August 2005 - Walter Pandiani from Deportivo to Birmingham City, £3m (making a loan deal permanent)
• 6 August 2005 - Henri Camara from Wolves to Wigan, £3m
• 8 August 2005 - Kleberson from Man United to Be?ikta?, £2.5m
• 11 August 2005 - Andy Gray from Sheffield United to Sunderland, £1.1m
• 15 August 2005 - Nathan Ellington from Wigan to West Brom, £3m
• 16 August 2005 - Hidetoshi Nakata from Fiorentina to Bolton, season-long loan
• 17 August 2005 - Fredi Kanouté from Spurs to Sevilla, £4.4m
• 17 August 2005 - David Bellion from Man United to West Ham, season-long loan
• 19 August 2005 - Michael Essien from Lyon to Chelsea, £24.4m
• 22 August 2005 - Brian Priske from Genk to Portsmouth, undisclosed fee
• 22 August 2005 - Jiri Jarosik from Chelsea to Birmingham City, season-long loan
• 23 August 2005 - Milan Baro? from Liverpool to Aston Villa, £6.5m
• 25 August 2005 - Clinton Morrison from Birmingham City to Crystal Palace, £2m
• 26 August 2005 - Albert Luque from Deportivo La Coruña to Newcastle United, £9.5m
• 27 August 2005 - Tiago from Chelsea to Lyon, £6.5m
• 28 August 2005 - Nuno Valente from Porto to Everton, £1.5m
• 30 August 2005 - Wilfred Bouma from PSV to Aston Villa, £3.5m
• 31 August 2005 - David Connolly from Leicester City to Wigan Athletic, £2m
• 31 August 2005 - Curtis Davies from Luton to West Brom, £3m
• 31 August 2005 - Salif Diao from Liverpool to Portsmouth, season-long loan
• 31 August 2005 - Francis Jeffers from Charlton Athletic to Rangers, six-month loan
• 31 August 2005 - Jermaine Jenas from Newcastle United to Spurs, £7m
• 31 August 2005 - Lee Yong-Pyo from PSV to Spurs, undisclosed fee
• 31 August 2005 - Michael Owen from Real Madrid to Newcastle United, £17m
• 31 August 2005 - Mart Poom from Sunderland to Arsenal, six-month loan
• 31 August 2005 - Michael Reiziger from Middlesbrough to PSV, free
• 31 August 2005 - Nolberto Solano from Aston Villa to Newcastle United, £1.5m plus James Milner on loan.
• 31 August 2005 - Andy van der Meyde from Inter Milan to Everton, undisclosed fee

The summer transfer window closed on 31 August. The mid-season transfer window will run from 1 to 31 January 2006.

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