List of English football transfers winter 2002–03
[1] The decision to introduce restrictions on the period that clubs could buy and sell players was controversial.
Some owners were worried that it could harm clubs with smaller squads that were in financial difficulty, particularly in the wake of the collapse of ITV Digital, which had been funding football league teams.
[4] The winter transfer window, which was introduced for the first time this season, was relatively quiet for the first 30 days, with 107 deals totalling £17.54 million.
Malcolm Christie, Jamie Clapham, Robbie Fowler, Danny Higginbotham, Mart Poom, David Prutton, Michael Ricketts, Chris Riggott, David Sommeil and Matthew Upson all moved clubs for more than £1 million.
The list is complete, although sometimes loan spells that were extended are covered as a single transfer.
