2006–07 Manchester City F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was Manchester City Football Club's fifth consecutive season playing in the FA Premier League, the top division of English football, and its tenth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 115th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Manchester City

2006–07 season
Owner	Publicly traded company
Chairman	John Wardle
Manager	Stuart Pearce
Stadium	City of Manchester Stadium
FA Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Joey Barton (6 goals) All: Joey Barton (7 goals)
Highest home attendance	47,244 (vs. Manchester United, 5 May 2007)
Lowest home attendance	25,621 (vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 16 January 2007)
Average home league attendance	39,997
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Results summary – all competitions
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	7	6	8	33.3%
Away	7	4	12	30.4%
Both	14	10	20	31.8%

Results summary – Premier League
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	5	6	8	26.3%
Away	6	3	10	31.6%
Both	11	9	18	28.9%

Season review

The 2006–07 season proved tough for club which skirmished with relegation from the Premier League and ended up finishing in 14th position.[1] The club were again eliminated from the League Cup by a League One team, this time by Chesterfield early on in the season. Ben Thatcher's elbow challenge on Pedro Mendes whilst playing Portsmouth shocked many – a challenge which prompted City to take unprecedented action and banned Thatcher for six matches by the club and a six weeks fine. Pearce called the challenge "indefensible"[2] and the Football Association banned Thatcher for a further eight matches. The side also scored just ten goals at home in the league, and none after New Years Day in 2007, a record low in top-flight English football.[3]

In December 2006, the club issued a statement regarding a possible takeover,[4] and on 21 June, the Manchester City board accepted an £81.6 million offer for the club from Thaksin Shinawatra.[5] One of his first moves was to schedule a press conference to announce former-England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson as his new manager – Eriksson's first job since leaving international duty.[6]

Team kit

For this season, the shirt sponsor for all of the club's kits continued to be the previous season's sponsor, Thomas Cook, while the team kits were produced by the previous season's supplier, Reebok.

Home

Away

Away alternate

Third

Goalkeeper strip 1 (v1)

Goalkeeper strip 1 (v2)

Goalkeeper strip 1 (v3)

Goalkeeper strip 2

Goalkeeper strip 3 (v1)

Goalkeeper strip 3 (v2)

Goalkeeper strip 3 (v3)

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Friendly games

This season not all of the team's friendly games were played during the preparatory run-in to the official start of the new league campaign, with a couple of friendly games taking place during the course of the active season. The first of these games was perhaps just a "belated pre-season friendly" that was played with the season still only nine days old, while the other one against Blackpool in February was more of a mutually arranged scrimmage behind closed doors, with one of its intended purposes being to provide a "friendly competitive" tryout for the 28-year-old Belgian international striker, Émile Mpenza, who at the time the Manchester club was considering signing. This impromptu scrimmage served as a key part of Mpenza's brief trial with City and saw him perform well enough, with his scoring of the second goal in the 3–0 win, that he was subsequently signed by City two days later (his unattached free agent status permitting him to be signed outside of the January transfer window). The extemporaneous Valentine's Day friendly also gave some City players in need of match fitness, such as Didi Hamann and Stephen Jordan, a chance to get a full 90 minutes of play under their belts.

Pre-season

19 July 2006	Wrexham	3–3	Manchester City	Wrexham, Wales
19:45 BST	Llewellyn  35' Done  59' Distin  82' (o.g.)	MCFC report	6' Miller  52',  65' Samaras	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3,588 Referee: Mike Jones

22 July 2006	Rochdale	2–3	Manchester City	Rochdale, England
15:00 BST	Lambert  4' Brown  12'	MCFC report	43' Samaras  60' (pen.) Barton  64' (pen.) Dickov	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 5,963

26 July 2006	Port Vale	0–3	Manchester City	Burslem, England
19:45 BST		MCFC report	8', 31', 40' Barton	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,769

29 July 2006	Bradford City	0–1	Manchester City	Bradford, England
15:00 BST		MCFC report	7' Reyna	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,172 Referee: Anthony Taylor

4 August 2006	Shanghai Shenhua	0–1	Manchester City	Shanghai, China
20:30 BST	Du Wei	MCFC report	18' Barton  35' Samaras  53'  78'  Thatcher	Stadium: Hongkou Stadium

6 August 2006	Kashima Antlers	4–3	Manchester City	Shanghai, China
11:15 BST	Iwamasa  10' Motoyama  39' Chumbinho  61' Pashiro  68'	MCFC report	30' Sibierski  64' Samaras  72' Barton	Stadium: Hongkou Stadium

Thomas Cook Trophy

12 August 2006	Manchester City	0–1	Porto	Manchester, England
15:00 BST		MCFC report M.E.N. report	43' Adriano	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 20,375 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Mid-season

29 August 2006	Ballymena United	1–3	Manchester City	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
19:45 BST	Haveron  40'	BUFC report	14' Sibierski  83' Corradi  90' D. Mills	Stadium: The Showgrounds Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Michael Ross (Carrickfergus)

14 February 2007	Blackpool	0–3	Manchester City	Blackpool, England
19:45 GMT		Report (404 error)	40' Sturridge  48' Mpenza  75' Johnson	Stadium: Bloomfield Road

Competitive games

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Middlesbrough	38	12	10	16	44	49	−5	46
13	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17	38	47	−9	43
14	Manchester City	38	11	9	18	29	44	−15	42
15	West Ham United	38	12	5	21	35	59	−24	41
16	Fulham	38	8	15	15	38	60	−22	39

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	9	18	29	44	−15	42	5	6	8	10	16	−6	6	3	10	19	28	−9

Last updated: 13 May 2007 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2006–07

Points breakdown Points at home: 21 Points away from home: 21 Points against "Big Four" teams: 4 Points against promoted teams: 6 6 points: Fulham, Middlesbrough, West Ham United 4 points: Everton, Newcastle United, Sheffield United 3 points: Arsenal, Aston Villa 2 points: Watford 1 point: 0Bolton Wanderers, Charlton Athletic, Liverpool, Portsmouth 0 points: Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Manchester United, Reading, 0Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan Athletic

Biggest & smallest Biggest home wins: 3–1 vs. Fulham, 18 November 2006 000000000000000002–0 vs. West Ham United, 23 September 2006 Biggest home defeat: 0–3 vs. Blackburn Rovers, 20 January 2007 Biggest away wins: 1–3 vs. Aston Villa, 29 November 2006 & vs. Fulham, 9 April 2007 0000000000000000 0–2 vs. Middlesbrough, 17 March 2007 Biggest away defeat: 4–0 vs. Wigan Athletic, 21 October 2006 Biggest home attendance: 47,244 vs. Manchester United, 5 May 2007 Smallest home attendance: 35,776 vs. Fulham, 18 November 2006 Biggest away attendance: 75,858 vs. Manchester United, 9 December 2006 Smallest away attendance: 16,235 vs. Wigan Athletic, 21 October 2006

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2007 (end of season). Source: 2006–07 Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports

20 August 2006	Chelsea	3–0	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge London
16:00	Terry  11' Lampard  26' Essien  63' Drogba  78'	Report	Dabo  15' Corradi  49'  63' Dickov  71'	Attendance: 41,953 Referee: Steve Bennett

23 August 2006	Manchester City	0–0	Portsmouth	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
19:45		Report		Attendance: 37,214 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

26 August 2006	Manchester City	1–0	Arsenal	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
17:15	Barton  41'	Report		Attendance: 40,699 Referee: Uriah Rennie

11 September 2006	Reading	1–0	Manchester City	Madejski Stadium Reading
20:00	Ingimarsson  23'	Report	Distin  22' Reyna  52' Sinclair  54' Dabo  80' Barton  90+1'	Attendance: 24,092 Referee: Howard Webb

17 September 2006	Blackburn Rovers	4–2	Manchester City	Ewood Park Blackburn
15:00	Sinclair  18' (o.g.) Pedersen  43' McCarthy  66' Gallagher  89'	Report	Barton  38' Ooijer  44' (o.g.)	Attendance: 18,403 Referee: Martin Atkinson

23 September 2006	Manchester City	2–0	West Ham United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
15:00	Samaras  50', 63'	Report		Attendance: 41,073 Referee: Chris Foy

30 September 2006	Everton	1–1	Manchester City	Goodison Park Liverpool
15:00	Johnson  44'	Report	Richards  90+4'	Attendance: 38,250 Referee: Andre Marriner

14 October 2006	Manchester City	0–0	Sheffield United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
15:00		Report		Attendance: 42,192 Referee: Mike Dean

21 October 2006	Wigan Athletic	4–0	Manchester City	JJB Stadium Wigan
12:45	Heskey  1' Dunne  3' (o.g.) Camara  65' Valencia  67'	Report		Attendance: 16,235 Referee: Phil Dowd

30 October 2006	Manchester City	1–0	Middlesbrough	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
20:00 GMT	Dunne  23'	Report		Attendance: 36,720 Referee: Howard Webb

4 November 2006	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Manchester City	The Valley London
15:00	Bent  28'	BBC Sport report		Attendance: 26,011 Referee: Chris Foy

11 November 2006	Manchester City	0–0	Newcastle United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
12:45		Report		Attendance: 40,571 Referee: Graham Poll

18 November 2006	Manchester City	3–1	Fulham	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
12:45	Corradi  12', 32' Barton  45'	Report	John  62'	Attendance: 35,776 Referee: Alan Wiley

25 November 2006	Liverpool	1–0	Manchester City	Anfield Liverpool
15:00	Gerrard  67'	Report		Attendance: 44,061 Referee: Rob Styles

29 November 2006	Aston Villa	1–3	Manchester City	Villa Park Birmingham
19:45	McCann  65'	Report	Vassell  19' Barton  32' Distin  75'	Attendance: 30,124 Referee: Mike Dean

4 December 2006	Manchester City	0–0	Watford	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
20:00		Report		Attendance: 35,915 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

9 December 2006	Manchester United	3–1	Manchester City	Old Trafford Manchester
12:45	Rooney  6' Saha  45' Ronaldo  85'	Report	Trabelsi  72' Corradi  61'  90'	Attendance: 75,858 Referee: Graham Poll

17 December 2006	Manchester City	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
15:00	Barton  63'	Report	Davenport  16' Huddlestone  24'	Attendance: 39,285 Referee: Rob Styles

23 December 2006	Manchester City	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
15:00	Barton  87'	Report	Anelka  8', 25'	Attendance: 40,157 Referee: Mike Riley

26 December 2006	Sheffield United	0–1	Manchester City	Bramall Lane Sheffield
15:00		Report	Ireland  77'	Attendance: 32,591 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

30 December 2006	West Ham United	0–1	Manchester City	Boleyn Ground Upton Park
15:00		Report	Beasley  82'	Attendance: 34,574 Referee: Steve Bennett

1 January 2007	Manchester City	2–1	Everton	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
15:00	Samaras  50', 72'	Report	Osman  84'	Attendance: 39,836 Referee: Uriah Rennie

13 January 2007	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Manchester City	Reebok Stadium Horwich
15:00		Report		Attendance: 22,334 Referee: Andre Marriner

20 January 2007	Manchester City	0–3	Blackburn Rovers	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
17:15		Report	Pedersen  44', 62' Derbyshire  90'	Attendance: 36,950 Referee: Phil Dowd

3 February 2007	Manchester City	0–2	Reading	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
15:00		BBC Sport report	Lita  79', 89'	Attendance: 38,676 Referee: Howard Webb

10 February 2007	Portsmouth	2–1	Manchester City	Fratton Park Portsmouth
17:15	Mendes  4' Kanu  80'	Report	Corradi  62'	Attendance: 19,244 Referee: Mike Dean

3 March 2007	Manchester City	0–1	Wigan Athletic	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
15:00		Report	Folan  18'	Attendance: 39,923 Referee: Howard Webb

14 March 2007	Manchester City	0–1	Chelsea	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
20:00		BBC Sport report	Lampard  28' (pen.)	Attendance: 39,429 Referee: Alan Wiley

17 March 2007	Middlesbrough	0–2	Manchester City	Riverside Stadium Middlesbrough
15:00		Report	Distin  64' Mpenza  74'	Attendance: 26,427 Referee: Keith Stroud

31 March 2007	Newcastle United	0–1	Manchester City	St James' Park Newcastle
15:00		Report	Mpenza  80'	Attendance: 52,004 Referee: Graham Poll

6 April 2007	Manchester City	0–0	Charlton Athletic	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
17:15		Report		Attendance: 41,424 Referee: Alan Wiley

9 April 2007	Fulham	1–3	Manchester City	Craven Cottage London
15:00	Bocanegra  74'	Report	Barton  20' Beasley  36' Vassell  59'	Attendance: 22,435 Referee: Steve Bennett

14 April 2007	Manchester City	0–0	Liverpool	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
15:00		Report		Attendance: 45,883 Referee: Uriah Rennie

17 April 2007	Arsenal	3–1	Manchester City	Emirates Stadium London
19:45	Rosický  12' Fàbregas  73' Baptista  80'	Report	Beasley  40'	Attendance: 59,913 Referee: Mark Halsey

21 April 2007	Watford	1–1	Manchester City	Vicarage Road Watford
15:00	Priskin  75'	Report	Vassell  53'	Attendance: 18,537 Referee: Rob Styles

28 April 2007	Manchester City	0–2	Aston Villa	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
15:00		Report	Carew  24' Maloney  75'	Attendance: 40,799 Referee: Mark Halsey

5 May 2007	Manchester City	0–1	Manchester United	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester
12:45		Report	Ronaldo  33' (pen.)	Attendance: 47,244 Referee: Rob Styles

13 May 2007	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Manchester City	White Hart Lane Tottenham
15:00	Keane  10' Berbatov  32'	Report	Mpenza  40'	Attendance: 35,426 Referee: Steve Bennett

League Cup

20 September 2006 Second Round	Chesterfield	2–1	Manchester City	Chesterfield, England
19:45 BST	Folan  51' Niven  67'	MCFC report	Samaras  40'	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 7,960 Referee: Kevin Wright

FA Cup

7 January 2007 Third Round	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Manchester City	Sheffield, England
15:00 GMT	MacLean  78'	MCFC report	Samaras  77' (pen.)	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 28,847 Referee: Graham Poll

16 January 2007 Third Round Replay	Manchester City	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Manchester, England
19:45 GMT	Ireland  44' Vassell  56'	MCFC report	Bullen  51'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 25,621 Referee: Mike Dean

28 January 2007 Fourth Round	Manchester City	3–1	Southampton	Manchester, England
15:00 GMT	Vassell  26' Barton  45' Beasley  70'	MCFC report	Jones  23'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 26,496 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

18 February 2007 Fifth Round	Preston North End	1–3	Manchester City	Preston, England
13:10 GMT	Nugent  8'	MCFC report	Ball  35' Hill  84' (o.g.) Ireland  90'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 18,890 Referee: Mike Riley

11 March 2007 Sixth Round	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Manchester City	Blackburn, England
16:00 GMT	Mokoena  27' Derbyshire  90'	MCFC report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 27,743 Referee: Mike Dean

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SWE Andreas Isaksson 2 DF  ENG Micah Richards 3 DF  ENG Michael Ball 4 DF  ENG Stephen Jordan 5 MF  FRA Ousmane Dabo 7 MF  IRL Stephen Ireland 8 MF  ENG Joey Barton 9 FW  BEL Émile Mpenza 10 MF  FRA Djamel Abdoun[7] (on loan from Ajaccio) 11 FW  ENG Darius Vassell 12 GK  ENG Nicky Weaver 14 FW  SCO Paul Dickov 15 DF  FRA Sylvain Distin 16 DF  ENG Nedum Onuoha[8]

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  CHN Sun Jihai 18 DF  ENG Danny Mills 20 FW  GRE Georgios Samaras 21 MF  GER Dietmar Hamann 22 DF  IRL Richard Dunne 24 MF  USA DaMarcus Beasley (on loan from PSV) 25 GK  ENG Joe Hart 26 DF  ENG Matt Mills 27 DF  TUN Hatem Trabelsi 28 MF  ENG Trevor Sinclair 30 FW  ITA Bernardo Corradi 33 MF  ENG Michael Johnson 36 FW  ENG Daniel Sturridge 43 FW  ENG Ishmael Miller

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  WAL Ben Thatcher[9] (to Charlton Athletic) 6 MF  USA Claudio Reyna (to New York Red Bulls)

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  ENG Andrew Cole (to Portsmouth) 10 MF  FRA Antoine Sibierski (to Newcastle United)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 GK  DEN Kasper Schmeichel 31 GK  ENG Laurence Matthewson 32 DF  ENG Nathan D'Laryea 34 DF  ENG Sam Williamson 35 MF  ENG Ashley Williams 37 MF  ENG Kelvin Etuhu[10] 38 DF  ENG Shaleum Logan

No. Pos. Nation Player 39 MF  SCO Marc Laird 41 MF  ENG Ashley Grimes — DF  IRL Garry Breen — MF  WAL Scott Evans — MF  IRL Karl Moore — FW  WAL Ched Evans

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Andreas Isaksson	14	0	12+2	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK		Nicky Weaver	31	0	25	0	5	0	1	0
25	GK		Joe Hart	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Micah Richards	34	1	28	1	5	0	1	0
3	DF		Michael Ball	14	1	12	0	2	1	0	0
4	DF		Stephen Jordan	15	0	12	0	2	0	1	0
15	DF		Sylvain Distin	43	2	37	2	5	0	1	0
16	DF		Nedum Onuoha	19	0	15+3	0	1	0	0	0
17	DF		Sun Jihai	14	0	10+3	0	1	0	0	0
18	DF		Danny Mills	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Richard Dunne	44	1	38	1	5	0	1	0
26	DF		Matt Mills	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Ousmane Dabo	17	0	10+3	0	4	0	0	0
7	MF		Stephen Ireland	29	3	14+10	1	4	2	0+1	0
8	MF		Joey Barton	38	7	33	6	4	1	1	0
10	MF		Djamel Abdoun	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	MF		Dietmar Hamann	19	0	12+4	0	1+1	0	1	0
24	MF		DaMarcus Beasley	18	3	11+7	3	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Hatem Trabelsi	24	2	16+4	1	2+2	1	0	0
28	MF		Trevor Sinclair	21	0	14+4	0	1+1	0	1	0
33	MF		Michael Johnson	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Émile Mpenza	11	3	9+1	3	0+1	0	0	0
11	FW		Darius Vassell	36	5	28+4	3	4	2	0	0
14	FW		Paul Dickov	18	0	9+7	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
20	FW		Georgios Samaras	42	6	16+20	4	3+2	1	1	1
30	FW		Bernardo Corradi	29	3	19+6	3	3	0	1	0
36	FW		Daniel Sturridge	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
43	FW		Ishmael Miller	19	0	3+13	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
3	DF		Ben Thatcher	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Claudio Reyna	16	0	12+3	0	0	0	1	0

Last updated: 31 May 2007
Source: Competitions

Goal scorers

All competitions Scorer Goals Joey Barton 7 Georgios Samaras 6 Darius Vassell 5 DaMarcus Beasley 4 Bernardo Corradi 3 Stephen Ireland Émile Mpenza Sylvain Distin 2 Michael Ball 1 Richard Dunne Micah Richards Hatem Trabelsi

Premier League Scorer Goals Joey Barton 6 Georgios Samaras 4 DaMarcus Beasley 3 Bernardo Corradi Émile Mpenza Darius Vassell Sylvain Distin 2 Richard Dunne 1 Stephen Ireland Micah Richards Hatem Trabelsi

League Cup Scorer Goals Georgios Samaras 1

FA Cup Scorer Goals Stephen Ireland 2 Darius Vassell Michael Ball 1 Joey Barton DaMarcus Beasley Georgios Samaras

Information current as of 13 May 2007 (end of season)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 22 May 2006 GK Joe Hart Shrewsbury Town £1,500,000[11][12][13] 26 May 2006 FW Paul Dickov Blackburn Rovers Free[14] 20 June 2006 MF Ousmane Dabo Lazio Free[15] 12 July 2006 MF Dietmar Hamann Liverpool Free[16] 20 July 2006 FW Bernardo Corradi Valencia Undisclosed[17] 10 August 2006 DF Hatem Trabelsi Ajax Bosman ruling[18] 15 August 2006 GK Andreas Isaksson Rennes £2,000,000[19] 31 January 2007 DF Michael Ball PSV Undisclosed[20] 16 February 2007 FW Émile Mpenza Unattached free agent[21]

Transfers out Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee 24 May 6 DF David Sommeil Sheffield United Free[22][23] 12 June 6 DF Mikkel Bischoff Coventry City Free[22][24] 14 June 6 GK Geert De Vlieger Zulte Waregem Free[22][25] 5 July 6 FW Bradley Wright-Phillips Southampton £500,000[26] 31 July 6 MF Lee Croft Norwich City £600,000[27] 2 August 6 MF Willo Flood Cardiff City £200,000[28] 14 August 6 GK David James Portsmouth £1,200,000[29] 31 August 6 FW Andy Cole Portsmouth £500,000[30] 31 August 6 MF Antoine Sibierski Newcastle United Undisc.[31] 11 January 7 DF Ben Thatcher Charlton Athletic £500,000[32] 23 January 7 MF Claudio Reyna Red Bull New York Free[33][34]

Loans in Start date End date Pos. Player From club 31 August 2006 15 May 2007 MF DaMarcus Beasley PSV[35][36] 11 January 2007 15 May 2007 MF Djamel Abdoun Ajaccio[36][37]

Loans out Start date End date Pos. Player To club 25 August 2006 2 December 2006 GK Kasper Schmeichel Bury 15 September 2006 18 November 2006 DF Danny Mills Hull City 1 January 2007 29 January 2007 GK Joe Hart Tranmere Rovers 5 January 2007 5 February 2007 FW Kelvin Etuhu Rochdale 11 January 2007 21 May 2007 GK Kasper Schmeichel Falkirk 20 January 2007 17 February 2007 DF Nathan D'Laryea Macclesfield Town 25 January 2007 24 February 2007 MF Marc Laird Northampton Town 25 January 2007 19 March 2007 DF Matthew Mills Colchester United 22 March 2007 7 May 2007 MF Ashley Grimes Swindon Town 7 April 2007 7 May 2007 GK Joe Hart Blackpool

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7. Abdoun was born in Montreuil, France, and has represented France at youth level, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his parents and would make his full international debut for Algeria in January 2010.
8. Onuoha was born in Warri, Nigeria.
9. Thatcher was born in Swindon, England, and has represented England at level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother and made his full international debut for Wales in March 2004.
10. Etuhu was born in Kano, Nigeria, and would later declare his intention to represent Nigeria internationally.
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