Top English Summer Transfers
Top English soccer summer transfers for the start of the 2002-03 season on Aug. 17.
Transfer fee	Player	Clubs
30 million pounds (US$46.2 million)	Rio Ferdinand	Leeds to Manchester United
13 million pounds (US$20 million)	Nicolas Anelka	Paris St. Germain to Manchester City
10 million pounds (US$15.4 million)	El-Hadji Diouf	Lens to Liverpool
8.5 million pounds (US$13.1 million)	Hugo Viana	Sporting Lisbon to Newcastle
8.15 million pounds (US$12.6 million)	Massimo Maccarone	Empoli to Middlesbrough
5 million pounds (US$7.7 million)	Salif Diao	Sedan to Liverpool
5 million pounds (US$7.7 million)	Joseph Yobo	Marseille to Everton
4.5 million pounds (US$6.9 million)	Gilberto Silva	Atletico Mineiro to Arsenal
4.5 million pounds (US$6.9 million)	Titus Bramble	Ipswich Town to Newcastle
4.5 million pounds (US$6.9 million)	Aliou Cisse	Montpellier to Bimingham City
4.25 million pounds (US$6.6 million)	Clinton Morrison	Crystal Palace to Birmingham City
4 million pounds (US$6.2 million)	Sylvain Distin	Paris St. Germain to Manchester City
4 million pounds (US$6.2 million)	Bruno Cheyrou	Lille to Liverpool
3.8 million pounds (US$6 million)	Juninho	Athletico Madrid to Middlesbrough
3.5 million pounds (US$5.4 million)	Vicente Matias Vuoso	Independiente to Man City
3.5 million pounds (US$5.4 million)	Richard Wright	Arsenal to Everton
3 million pounds (US$4.6 million)	Gary Rowett	Leicester City to Charlton
2.5 million pounds (US$3.9 million)	Robbie Savage	Leicester to Birmingham City
2.5 million pounds (US$3.9 million)	Franck Queudrue	Lens to Middlesbrough
2.1 million pounds (US$3.2 million)	Pascal Cygan	Lille to Arsenal
2 million pounds (US$3.1 million)	Dwight Yorke	Manchester United to Blackburn
2 million pounds (US$3.1 million)	Marcus Allback	Heerenveen to Aston Villa
2 million pounds (US$3.1 million)	Facundo Sava	Gimnasia La Plata to Fulham
2 million pounds (US$3.1 million)	Michael Svensson	Troyes to Southampton