In
1998
December: David Batty from Newcastle £4.4 million.
May: Eirik Bakke from Sogndal £1.75 million. June: Danny Mills from Charlton £4 million. July: Michael Duberry from Chelsea £4.5 million. July: Michael Bridges from Sunderland £5 million. August: Danny Hay from Perth Glory £200,000. September: Darren Huckerby from Coventry £5.5 million. December: Jason Wilcox from Blackburn £3 million.
January: Danny Milosevic from Perth Glory £100,000. March: Shaun Allaway from Reading £200,000. May: Olivier Dacourt from Lens £7.2 million. July: Mark Viduka from Celtic £6 million. August: Dominic Matteo from Liverpool £4.25 million. September: Jacob Burns from Paramatta Power £200,000. November: Rio Ferdinand from West Ham £18 million. December: Robbie Keane from Inter Milan (on loan until the end of the season, with £12million payable on July 1st, 2001).
Total outlay: £76.3 m (when Keane is paid for).
Out
1999
June: Gunnar Halle to Bradford £250,000. June: Lee Sharpe to Bradford £200,000. June: David Wetherall to Bradford £1.4 million. July: Clyde Wijnhard to Huddersfield £750,000. August: JF Hasselbaink to Atl Madrid £12 million. August: Derek Lilley to Oxford £50,000. October: Danny Granville to Man City £1 million. October: Bruno Ribeiro to Sheffield Utd £500,000
2000
May: Martin Hiden to SV Salzburg £500,000. June: Alfie Haaland to Manchester City £2.8 million. July: David Hopkin to Bradford £2.5 million. December: Robert Molenaar to Bradford £500,000 December: Matthew Jones to Leicester £3.25 million.
Total income: £25.7 million.
Deficit on dealings: £50.6 million (inc Keane deal).