This is a list of English football transfers for the 2004–05 season. Only moves featuring at least one Premier League or First Division club are listed.
The summer transfer window opened on 1 July 2004, 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. Clubs are able to purchase players again in January when the window re-opens.
Transfers
- 28 April 2004
Fabien Barthez from Manchester United to Marseille, free
May
| Date | Name | Nat | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
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- 17 May 2004
Robin Van Persie from Feyenoord to Arsenal, £2.75 million
- 18 May 2004
Emile Heskey from Liverpool to Birmingham City, £6.25m
- 25 May 2004
- Giovanni van Bronckhorst from Arsenal to
Barcelona, Undisclosed
June
| Date | Name | Nat | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
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- 3 June 2004
Juan Sebastián Verón from Chelsea to 
Inter Milan, two season-long loan
Martin Albrechtsen from FC Copenhagen to West Bromwich Albion, £2.7m
Muzzy Izzet from Leicester City to Birmingham City, free
- 7 June 2004
Paul Dickov from Leicester City to Blackburn Rovers, £150k
- 8 June 2004
- 11 June 2004
- Gabriel Heinze from Paris Saint-Germain to Manchester United, £6.9m
- 14 July 2004
- Dion Dublin from Aston Villa to Leicester City, free
Paul Butler from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Leeds United, free
- 18 June 2004
- Darren Purse from Birmingham City to West Bromwich Albion, £500k
- 22 June 2004
Paulo Ferreira from Porto to Chelsea, £13.2m
- 23 June 2004
- Marcus Bent from Ipswich Town to Everton, £450k
- Julian Gray from Crystal Palace to Birmingham City, free
July
| Date | Name | Nat | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
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- 1 July 2004
- Dennis Rommedahl from PSV to Charlton Athletic, £1.4m
- Alan Smith from Leeds United to Manchester United, €9.00m
- 2 July 2004
- James Milner from Leeds United to Newcastle United, £3.6m
- 5 July 2004
- Les Ferdinand from Leicester City to Bolton Wanderers, free
- 6 July 2004
- Michael Reiziger from Barcelona to Middlesbrough, free
- 7 July 2004
- Dominic Matteo from Leeds United to Blackburn Rovers, free
- 8 July 2004
Mark Viduka from Leeds United to Middlesbrough, £4.5m
- 9 July 2004
- Peter Crouch from Aston Villa to Southampton, £2m
- Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink from Chelsea to Middlesbrough, free
- Hélder Postiga from Spurs to Porto, £5m
- Pedro Mendes from Porto to Tottenham Hotspur, £2m
- Mario Melchiot from Chelsea to Birmingham City, free
- Sean Davis from Fulham to Tottenham Hotspur, Undisclosed
- 12 July 2004
Mateja Kežman from PSV to Chelsea, £5m- Jesper Grønkjær from Chelsea to Birmingham City, £2.2m
Lomana LuaLua from Newcastle United to Portsmouth, £1.7m (making a previous loan deal permanent)- David Unsworth from Everton to Portsmouth, free
- 14 July 2004
- Teddy Sheringham from Portsmouth to West Ham United, free
- 15 July 2004
- Hernán Crespo from Chelsea to AC Milan, season-long loan
- 16 July 2004
Markus Babbel from Liverpool to VfB Stuttgart, Undisclosed
- 18 July 2004
- Andy Cole from Blackburn Rovers to Fulham, free
- 20 July 2004
Didier Drogba from Marseille to Chelsea, £24m- Martin Keown from Arsenal to Leicester City, free
- David Connolly from West Ham United to Leicester City, £500k
- Tiago from Benfica to Chelsea
- 21 July 2004
- Patrick Kluivert from Barcelona to Newcastle United, free
- Gary Speed from Newcastle United to Bolton Wanderers, £750k
- Hugo Viana from Newcastle United to Sporting Lisbon season-long loan
- 22 July 2004
- Thomas Helveg from Inter Milan to Norwich City, free
- 23 July 2004
Bobby Convey from Major League Soccer (D.C. United) to Reading, Undisclosed
Tomasz Radzinski from Everton to Fulham, Undisclosed- Tim Cahill from Millwall to Everton, £2m
- Claus Jensen from Charlton Athletic to Fulham, £1.25m
- Ray Parlour from Arsenal to Middlesbrough, free
- 27 July 2004
- Ricardo Carvalho from Porto to Chelsea, £19.85m
Papa Bouba Diop from Lens to Fulham, Undisclosed- Josemi from Málaga to Liverpool, £2m
Serhii Rebrov from Tottenham Hotspur to West Ham, free
- 28 July 2004
- Fernando Hierro from
Al Rayyan to Bolton Wanderers, free
- 29 July 2004
- Henri Camara from Wolves to Celtic season-long loan
- Nicky Butt from Manchester United to Newcastle United, £2.5m
- Jonathan Greening from Middlesbrough to West Bromwich Albion £1.25m
- 30 July 2004
Zoltan Gera from Ferencváros to West Bromwich Albion, £1.5m
Nwankwo Kanu from Arsenal to West Bromwich Albion, free
August
| Date | Name | Nat | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
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- 2 August 2004
- Boudewijn Zenden from Chelsea to Middlesbrough, free (making a previous loan deal permanent)
- Neil Sullivan from Chelsea to Leeds United, free
- 5 August 2004
Mattias Jonson from Brøndby to Norwich City, Undisclosed
- 10 August 2004
- Francis Jeffers from Arsenal to Charlton Athletic, £2.6m
- Stephen Carr from Tottenham Hotspur to Newcastle United, Undisclosed
- Paolo di Canio from Charlton Athletic to Lazio, free
- Darren Anderton from Tottenham Hotspur to Birmingham City, free
- 12 August 2004
- Fitz Hall from Southampton to Crystal Palace, £1.5m
- Gabor Kiraly from Hertha Berlin to Crystal Palace, free
- 13 August 2004
- Michael Owen from Liverpool to Real Madrid, £12m
- Antonio Nuñez from Real Madrid to Liverpool, free (Part of Owen deal)
- 20 August 2004
- Xabi Alonso from Real Sociedad to Liverpool, £10.5m
- Luis Garcia from Barcelona to Liverpool, Undisclosed
- Jonathan Woodgate from Newcastle United to Real Madrid, £15m
- 21 August 2004
Diego Forlán from Manchester United to Villarreal, Undisclosed
- 24 August 2004
- Michael Carrick from West Ham United to Tottenham Hotspur, Undisclosed
- 28 August 2004
Seol Ki-hyun from 
Anderlecht to Wolves, £2m
- 30 August 2004
Robert Earnshaw from Cardiff City to West Brom, £3m
- 31 August 2004
Junichi Inamoto from Gamba Osaka to West Brom, £200k- Wayne Rooney from Everton to Manchester United, £30m
Dwight Yorke from Blackburn Rovers to Birmingham City, free- Sylvain Wiltord from Arsenal to Lyon, free
Paulo Wanchope from Manchester City to Málaga CF, £500k- Marcus Allbäck from Aston Villa to Hansa Rostock, free
- Calum Davenport from Coventry City to Tottenham Hotspur, £3m
Juninho Paulista from Middlesbrough to Celtic, free
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