Summer 2009 English Premier League Transfers

All English Premier League transfers are listed on this page.

You’ll find the latest Premier League Transfers (Summer 2009) listed here. Archives for older transfer seasons are at the end of this page. For the latest transfer rumours and transfer lists for other leagues, see our transfer news column.

If you find a transfer not listed here let us know and we’ll add it.


Last Updated: 3 September 2009

Arsenal Transfers

In: Thomas Vermaelen (£10m, Ajax)

Out: Abu Agogo (free, Dagenham & Redbridge), Amaury Bischoff (released), Rui Fonte (free, Sporting Lisbon), Paul Rodgers (released), Rene Stoor (released), Havard Nordveit (loan, Nürnberg), Emmanuel Adebayor (£25m, Manchester City), Kolo Toure (£16m, Manchester City), Pedro Botelho (loan, Celta Vigo), Jay Emmaneul-Thomas (loan, Blackpool), Henri Lansbury (loan, Watford), Jay Simpson (loan, Queens Park Rangers), Samir Carruthers (free, Aston Villa)

Aston Villa Transfers

In: Courtney Cameron (undisclosed, Northampton), Samir Carruthers (free, Arsenal), Stuart Downing (£12m, Middlesbrough), Fabian Delph (undisclosed, Leeds United), Habib Beye (undisclosed, Newcastle United), Andy Marshall (free, Unattatched), Stephen Warnock (undisclosed, Blackburn Rovers), James Collins (£5m, West Ham United), Richard Dunne (£6m, Manchester City)

Out: Martin Laursen (retired), Gareth Barry (£12m, Manchester City), Stuart Taylor (undisclosed, Manchester City), Sam Williams (undisclosed, Yeovil Town), Zat Knight (undisclosed, Bolton Wanderers), David Bevan (loan, Ilkestown)

Birmingham City Transfers

In: Cristian Benitez (£9m, Santos Laguna), Scott Dann (£3.5m, Coventry City), Giovanny Espinoza (undisclosed, Barcelona Sporting Club), Joe Hart (loan, Manchester City), Roger Johnson (£5m, Cardiff City), Lee Bowyer (free, West Ham United), Barry Ferguson (£1m, Rangers), James O’Shea (undisclosed, Galway United), Gregory Vignal (loan, Lens), Teemu Tainio (loan, Sunderland)

Out: Stephen Kelly (undisclosed, Fulham), Mehdi Nafti (free, Aris Salonika), Radhi Jaidi (released), Artur Krysiak (released), Kemy Agustien (end of loan, AZ Alkmaar), Carlos Costly (end of loan, GKS Belchatow), Scott Sinclair (end of loan, Chelsea), Robin Shroot (loan, Burton Albion), Kristian Pearce (loan, Peterborough United), Artur Krysiak (loan, Burton Albion)

Blackburn Rovers Transfer

In: Elrio Van Heerden (free, Club Brugge), Gael Givet (undisclosed, Marseille), Lars Jacobsen (free, Everton), Steven N’Zonzi (£1.7m, Amiens), Franco di Santo (loan, Chelsea), Nikola Kalinic (£6m, Hadjuk Split), Michel Salgado (free, Real Madrid), Pascal Chimbonda (£2m, Tottenham), Nikos Giannakopolous (£52k, Asteras Tripolis), Filip Pivkovski (undisclosed, Malmo), Besnik Rustermaj (undisclosed, Malmo)

Out: Aaron Mokoena (free, Portsmouth), Roque Santa Cruz (£18m, Manchester City), Matt Derbyshire (£3m, Olympiakos), Josh O’Keefe (free, Walsall), Andre Ooijer (free, PSV Eindhoven), Tony Kane (free, Carlisle United), Keith Treacy (loan, Sheffield United), Mark Bunn (loan, Sheffield United), Alan Judge (loan, Plymouth Argyle), Alex Marrow (loan, Oldham Athletic), Gavin Gunning (loan, Tranmere Rovers), Ashley Chambers (loan, Leicester City), Paul Gallagher (undisclosed, Leicester City), Stephen Warnock (undisclosed, Aston Villa)

Bolton Wanderers Transfer

In: Sean Davis (free, Portsmouth), Paul Robinson (loan, West Bromwich Albion), Zat Knight (undisclosed, Aston Villa), Sam Ricketts (undisclosed, Hull City), Lee Chung-Yong (undisclosed, FC Seoul), Ivan Klasnic (loan, Nantes)

Out: Blerim Dzemaili (undisclosed, Torino), Temitope Obadeyi (loan, Swindon)

Burnley

In: Steven Fletcher (£3m, Hibs), Tyrone Mears (£400k, Derby County), David Edgar (tribunal, Newcastle United), Brian Easton (£350k, Hamilton), Richard Eckersley (undisclosed, Manchester United), Fernando Guerrero (loan, Independiente del Valle), Andre Bikey (undisclosed, Reading), David Nugent (loan, Portsmouth), Joe McKee (undisclosed, Livingston)

Out: Alan Mahon (free, Tranmere Rovers), Alex Macdonald (loan, Falkirk), Gabor Kiraly (released), Steve Jones (released), Adam Kay (loan, Chester), Chris Lynch (loan, Chester)

Chelsea Transfers

In: Ross Turnbull (free, Middlesbrough), Daniel Sturridge (tribunal, Manchester City), Scott Sinclair (loan return, Birmingham City), Yuri Zhirkov (£18m, CSKA Moscow), Nemanja Matic (£1.75m, MFK Kosice)

Out: Ben Sahar (€1m, Espanyol), Mineiro (released), Slobodan Rajkovic (loan, FC Twente), Jimmy Smith (free, Leyton Orient), Lee Sawyer (loan, Southend United), Tom Taiwo (loan, Carlisle United), Miroslav Stoch (loan, FC Twente), Ryan Bertrand (loan, Reading), Frank Nouble (undisclosed, West Ham United), Morten Nielsen (free, AZ Alkmaar), Sergio Tejera (free, Real Mallorca), Franco di Santo (loan, Blackburn), Scott Sinclair (loan, Wigan), Patrick Van Holt (loan, Coventry City), Michael Mancienne (loan, Wolverhampton Wanderers), John Mellis (loan, Southampton), Shaun Cummings (loan, West Brom), Claudio Pizarro (undisclosed, Werder Bremen), Jack Cork (loan, Coventry City), Andriy Shevchenko (free, Dynamo Kiev)

Everton Transfers

In: Mustafi Shkodran (undisclosed, Hamburg SV), Jo (loan, Manchester City), Anton Peterlin (free, Ventura County Fusion), Luke Garbutt (£300k, Leeds United), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (undisclosed, Lokomotiv Moscow), Sylvain Distin (undisclosed, Portsmouth), Johnny Heitenga (£6m, Athletico Madrid)

Out: Lars Jacobsen (free, Blackburn Rovers), Andy van der Meyde (released), Nuno Valente (released), John Ruddy (loan, Motherwell), John Paul Kissock (free, Hamilton), Scott Spencer (free, Rochdale), Joleon Lescott (undisclosed, Manchester City), Lukas Jutkiewicz (loan, Motherwell)

Fulham Transfers

In: Stephen Kelley (undisclosed, Birmingham City), Bjørn Helge Riise (undisclosed, Lillestrøm), Damien Duff (undisclosed, Newcastle United), Kagiso Dikgacoi (undisclosed, Golden Arrows), Jonathan Greening (loan, West Bromwich Albion), David Elm (undisclosed, Kalmar FC)

Out: Moritz Volz (released), Collins John (undisclosed, Roeselare), Hameur Bouazza (released), Adrian Leijer (undisclosed, Melbourne Victory)

Hull City

In: Steven Mouyokolo (undisclosed, Boulogne), Jozy Altidore (loan, Villarreal), Seyi Olofinjana (£3m, Stoke City), Stephen Hunt (undisclosed, Reading), Kamel Ghilas (undisclosed, Celta Vigo), Paul McShane (undisclosed, Sunderland), Ibrahim Sonko (loan, Stoke City)

Out: Dean Windass (free, Darlington), Wayne Brown (free, Leicester City), Ryan France (free, Sheffield United), John Welsh (free, Tranmere Rovers), Micheal Bridges (released), Sam Ricketts (undisclosed, Bolton Wanderers), James Bennet (free, Darlington), Matt Plummer (free, Darlington), Michael Turner (undisclosed, Sunderland)

Liverpool Transfers

In: Zsolt Poloskei (loan, MTK Hungaria), Glen Johnson (£18m, Portsmouth), Chris Mavinga (undisclosed, Paris Saint-Germain), Stephen Sama (undisclosed, Borrusia Dortmund), Alberto Aquilani (£20m, AS Roma), Sotiris Kyrgiakos (£2m, AEK Athens)

Out: Sami Hyypia (free, Bayer Leverkusen), Godwin Antwi (released), Ronald Huth (released), Gary Mackay-Steven (released), Miki Roque (released), Paul Anderson (£250k, Nottingham Forest), Sebastian Leto (£3.3m, Panathinaikos), Astrit Ajdarevic (free, Leicester City), Jack Hobbs (undisclosed, Leicester City), Jermaine Pennant (free, Real Zaragoza), Ryan Flynn (loan, Falkirk), Alvaro Arbeloa (£3.5m, Real Madrid), Xabi Alonso (£30m, Real Madrid), Adam Hammill (undisclosed, Barnsley), Ryan Crowther (released), Andras Simon (loan, Cordoba), Robbie Threlfall (loan, Northampton), Krisztián Németh (loan, AEK Athens), Charles Itandje (loan, Kavala)

Manchester City Transfers

In: Nils Zander (undisclosed, Schalke 04), Gareth Barry (£12m, Aston Villa), Roque Santa Cruz (£17.5m, Blackburn), Stuart Taylor (undisclosed, Aston Villa), Richard Martin (loan return, Burton Albion), Carlos Tevez (£25.5m, Media Sports Investment Group), Emmanuel Adebayor (£25m, Arsenal), Kolo Toure (£16m, Arsenal), Sylvinho (free, Barcelona), Joleon Lescott (undisclosed, Everton)

Out: Joe Hart (loan, Birmingham City), Daniel Sturridge (tribunal, Chelsea), Darius Vassell (free, Ankaragucu), Danny Mills (released), Dietmar Hamann (released), Jo (loan, Everton), Michael Ball (released), Gelson Fernandes (undisclosed, St. Etienne), Richard Martin (released), Angelos Tsiaklis (released), Felipe Caicedo (loan, Sporting Lisbon), Ched Evans (£3m, Sheffeild United), Shaleum Logan (loan, Tranmere Rovers), Elano (£8m, Galatasaray), Valeri Bojinov (loan, Parma), Donal McDermott (loan, Chesterfield), Kasper Schmeichel (undisclosed, Notts County), Kelvin Etuhu (loan, Cardiff City), Tal Ben Haim (undisclosed, Portsmouth), Ryan McGivern (loan, Leicester City), Clayton McdonaLd (loan, Walsall), Richard Dunne (£6m, Aston Villa)

Manchester United Transfers

In: Antonio Valencia (£16m, Wigan), Michael Owen (free, Newcastle United), Gabriel Obertan (£3m, Bordeaux), Mame Biram Diouf (undisclosed, Molde), Paul Pogba (compensation, Le Havre)

Out: Carlos Tevez (end of loan), Cristiano Ronaldo (£80m, Real Madrid), Rodrigo Possebon (loan, Sporting Braga), Fraizer Campbell (£3.5m, Sunderland), Richard Eckersley (undisclosed, Burnley), Manucho (undisclosed, Valladolid), Mame Biram Diouf (loan, Molde), Danny Drinkwater (loan, Huddersfield), Danny Simpson (loan, Newcastle United), Tom Heaton (loan, Queens Park Rangers), Tom Cleverly (loan, Watford)

Portsmouth

In: Aaron Mokoena (free, Blackburn Rovers), Steve Finnan (free, Espanyol), Frederic Piquionne (loan, Lyon), Antti Niemi (free, Unattatched), Anthony Vanden Borre (loan, Genoa), Tommy Smith (undisclosed, Watford), Jamie O’Hara (loan, Portsmouth), Kevin-Prince Boateng (£4m, Tottenham), Aruna Dindane (loan, Lens), Michael Brown (undisclosed, Wigan), Tal Ben Haim (undisclosed, Manchester City), Hassan Yebda (loan, Benfica), Lee Williamson (£3m, Watford)

Out: Djimi Traore (undisclosed, AS Monaco), Theofanis Gekas (loan termination, Bayer Leverkusen), Glen Johnson (£18m, Liverpool), Andre Blackman (free, Bristol City), Sean Davis (free, Bolton), Jerome Thomas (free, West Bromwich Albion), Noe Pamarot (released), Lauren (released), Glen Little (free, Sheffield United), Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo (free, Standard Liege), Arnold Mveumba (loan, Lorient), Peter Crouch (undisclosed, Tottenham), Callum Reynolds (loan, Luton), Martin Cranie (undisclosed, Coventry City), Sylvain Distin (undisclosed, Everton), Tom Kilbey (loan, Dagenham AND Redbridge), Niko Kranjcar (undisclosed, Tottenham Hotspur), David Nugent (loan, Burnley), Matt Ritchie (loan, Notts County)

Stoke City Transfers

In: Andres Vasquez (free, FC Zurich), Dean Whitehead (£3m, Sunderland), Robert Huth (£5m, Middlesbrough), Tuncay Sanli (£5m, Middlesbrough), Diego Arismendi (£2.6m, Club Nacional), Danny Collins (£2.75m, Sunderland)

Out: Vincent Pericard (released), Jimmy Phillips (released), Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton (loan, Vauxhall Motors), Seyi Olofinjana (£3m, Hull City), Ben Marshall (loan, Northampton Town), Robert Garrett (free, Linfield), Ibrahim Sonko (loan, Hull City)

Sunderland Transfers

In: Fraizer Campbell (£3.5m, Manchester United), Paulo Da Silva (free, Toluca), Lorik Cana (£5m, Marseille), Darren Bent (£10m, Tottenham), Lee Cattermole (£6m, Wigan Athletic), John Mensah (loan, Lyon), Michael Turner (undisclosed, Hull City)

Out: Djibril Cisse (end of loan, Marseille), Nick Colgan (free, Grimsby Town), David Connolly (released), Darren Ward (released), Arnau Riera (released), Dwight Yorke (released), Michael Chopra (£4m, Cardiff City), Greg Halford (undisclosed, Wolves), Peter Hartley (free, Hartlepool United), Rade Prica (undisclosed, Rosenborg), Dean Whitehead (£3m, Stoke City), Jack Colback (loan, Ipswich Town), Martyn Waghorn (loan, Leicester City), David Dowson (loan, Darlington), Jean-Yves Mvoto (loan, Southend United), Jamie Chandler (loan, Darlington), Anthony Stokes (undisclosed, Hibernian), Paul McShane (undisclosed, Hull City), Danny Collins (£2.75m, Stoke City), Grant Leadbitter (£2.6m, Ipswich Town), Carlos Edwards (£1.35m, Ipswich Town), Teemu Tainio (loan, Birmingham City)

Tottenham Hotspur Transfers

In: Kevin-Prince Boateng (loan return, Borussia Dortmund), Kyle Naughton (undisclosed, Sheffield United), Kyle Walker (undisclosed, Sheffield United), Peter Crouch (undisclosed, Portsmouth), Sebastian Bassong (£8m, Newcastle United), David Button (loan return, Crewe Alexandra), Niko Kranjcar (undisclosed, Portsmouth)

Out: Ricardo Rocha (released), Didier Zokora (£7.75m, Sevilla), David Hutton (undisclosed, Cheltenham Town), Danny Hutchins (undisclosed, Yeovil Town), Chris Gunter (£1.75m, Nottingham Forest), David Button (loan, Crewe Alexandra), Adel Taarabt (loan, QPR), Ben Alnwick (loan, Norwich City), Troy Archibald-Henville (loan, Exeter City), Gilberto (released), Cian Hughton (free, Lincoln City), Callum Reynolds (loan, Luton), Darren Bent (£10m, Sunderland), Kyle Walker (loan, Sheffield United), Jake Livermore (loan, Derby County), Adam Smith (loan, Wycombe Wanderers), Andros Townsend (loan, Leyton Orient), Jonathan Obika (loan, Yeovil Town), Pascal Chimbonda (£2m, Blackburn Rovers), Jamie O’Hara (loan, Portsmouth), Kevin-Prince Boateng (£4m, Portsmouth), David Button (loan, Crewe Alexandra), Sam Cox (loan, Cheltenham)

West Ham United Transfers

In: Herita Ilunga (undisclosed, Tolouse), Luis Antonio Jimenez (loan, Inter Milan), Jack Lampe (free, Harlow Town), Frank Nouble (undisclosed, Chelsea), Fabio Daprela (undisclosed, Grasshopper-Club Zurich), Peter Kurucz (undisclosed, Ujpesti Football Club), Radoslav Kovac (undisclosed, Spartak Moscow), Alessandro Diamanti (£6m, Livorno), Manuel Da Costa (undisclosed, Fiorentina)

Out: Freddie Sears (loan, Crystal Palace), Joe Widdowson (free, Grimsby Town), Kyel Reid (free, Sheffield United), Lee Bowyer (free, Birmingham City), Diego Tristan (free, Cadiz), Walter Lopez (free, Brescia), Tony Stokes (released), Jimmy Walker (released), Lucas Neill (released), Jordan Spence (loan, Scunthorpe United), Savio Nsereko (undisclosed, Fiorentina), James Collins (£5m, Aston Villa)

Wigan Transfers

In: Jordi Gomez (£1.7m, Espanyol), Hendry Thomas (undisclosed, Deportivo Olimpia), Jason Scotland (£2m, Swansea City), James McCarthy (£1.2m, Hamilton Academical), Scott Sinclair (loan, Chelsea), Antonio Amaya (undisclosed, Rayo Vallecano), Mohamed Diame (undisclosed, Rayo Vallecano)

Out: Antonio Valencia (£16m, Manchester United), Henri Camara (released), Antoine Sibierski (released), Lewis Montrose (free, Wycombe Wanderers), Lee Cattermole (£6m, Sunderland), Michael Brown (undisclosed, Portsmouth), Ben Watson (loan, Queens Park Rangers)

Wolverhampton Wanderers Transfers

In: Nenad Milijas (undisclosed, Red Star Belgrade), Marcus Hahnemann (free, Reading), Kevin Doyle (£6.5m, Reading), Greg Halford (undisclosed, Sunderland), Andrew Surman (£1.2m, Southampton), Ronald Zubar (undisclosed, Marseille), Michael Mancienne (loan, Chelsea), Segundo Castillo (loan, Red Star Belgrade), Stefan Maierhofer (£1.8m, Rapid Vienna)

Out: Darren Potter (undisclosed, Sheffield Wednesday), Lewis Gobern (free, Milton Keynes Dons), Jason Shackell (loan, Doncaster Rovers), Elliot Bennett. (undisclosed, Brighton), George Friend (loan, Milwall), Mark Salmon (free, Athlone), Stephen Gleeson (undisclosed, Milton Keynes Dons), Neil Collins (loan, Preston North End)


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