 The game proved to be Nicolas Anelka's last game for the club before he was sold to Chelsea for £15 million.Other players to leave in the transfer window were Gary Speed, Christian Wilhelmsson, Gérald Cid and Ľubomír Michalík.Megson used this opportunity to strengthen the defence with the purchases of Grétar Steinsson from AZ and Gary Cahill from Aston Villa.