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Michael Ballack's arrival at Chelsea was one of the most high profile transfers of the summer.
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 May 2. The window closed on the August 31. The mid-season transfer window opened on January 1, 2007, and ran for the entire month, until January 31. 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]
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c Chelsea complete Shevchenko deal BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 6, 2007
- ^ Transfer Shorts Football Transfers.co.uk. Retrieved on January 6, 2007
- ^ Premier clubs enjoy summer spree BBC News. Retrieved on January 9, 2007
- ^ a b c d e f g Some sources state the fee as being undisclosed.
- ^ £12m paid to Manchester United, and £4m to Lyn Oslo. This was an unusual transfer; see John Obi Mikel's article for details.
- ^ NINE FOR BERBATOV. tottenhamhotspur.com. Retrieved on May 18, 2007.
- ^ a b c In Major League Soccer, all player contracts are owned by the league, not by individual teams.
- ^ MORIENTES LEAVES FOR VALENCIA. liverpoolfc.tv. Retrieved on August 30, 2007.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 Milan permanently. Chelsea have the option of re-calling him after the 2006-07 season.[1]
- ^ Part of George McCartney deal
- ^ Kuszczak joins United on loan for the first season and then will sign permanently in July 2007.
- ^ a b Part of Tomasz Kuszczak deal
- ^ Previous club: Leicester City
- ^ Boumsong joins Juventus. juventus.com. Retrieved on August 30, 2007.
- ^ Part of Lee Naylor deal
- ^ Oba Completes Toon Transfer!. nufc.co.uk. Retrieved on August 30, 2007.
- ^ CESSIONE A TITOLO DEFINITO DEL DIRITTO ALLE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEL CALCIATORE HOSSAM HUSSEIN ABDELHAMID AHMED 'MIDO' (Italian). asroma.it. Retrieved on August 30, 2007.
- ^ Woodgate joins for one year on loan, Middlesbrough then have the option to buy him permanently.
- ^ Nonda joins for one year on loan, Blackburn then have the option to buy him permanently.
- ^ Reyes joins for one year on loan, Real Madrid then have the option to buy him permanently.
- ^ Baptista moves to Arsenal as Reyes joins Real Madrid. Arsenal.com.
- ^ Part of Ashley Cole deal
- ^ Previous club: Rangers
- ^ Fifa allows Webster to join Wigan BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 6, 2007
- ^ Previous club: Wigan Athletic
- ^ Previous club: Celtic
- ^ Previous club: Beira-Mar
- ^ Previous club: Birmingham City
- ^ Andersen set for Brondby switch cafc.co.uk. Retrieved on January 1, 2007
- ^ Watford Land Ashokodi www.premierleague.com. Retrieved on January 2, 2007
- ^ Previous club: Valerenga
- ^ Wise signs former team-mate Flo BBC Sport. Retrieved on January 3, 2007
- ^ Combined fee
- ^ Thatcher completes Charlton move. BBC Sport. BBC (2007-01-11). Retrieved on January 11, 2007.
- ^ a b Milan Baros swapped for John Carew, with and undisclosed fee being paid for each
- ^ Contract with Sheffield United terminated on January 15.
- ^ Eaton, Paul (2007-01-25). Diao Signs for Stoke. Liverpool FC. Retrieved on January 27, 2007.
