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If the move passes, it means the transfer window will reportedly close on August 15th 2025, a day prior to the Premier League’s opening day next season.
The Premier League has reportedly exhibited significant interest in teaming up with other major leagues across Europe to establish a unified transfer window that would end before the season’s kick-off.
The idea behind this proposed change is simple yet impactful: to bring clarity and stability to teams as they start their respective domestic campaigns.
It’s no secret that every league follows a different transfer window, with various deadline days sprewn across the calendar, making for a variety of blockbuster moves for fans to rejoice. But, on the other hand, it also leads to disruption in team dynamics and causing headaches for managers trying to solidify their squads.
Now, as a solution to all these woes, the ECA – which seeks to safeguard clubs in Europe’s top leagues – has put forward a proposal dedicated to setting a deadline day that will prevent clubs from buying and selling, once domestic seasons have begun.
This means the transfer window will reportedly close on August 15th 2025, a day prior to the Premier League’s opening day next season.
“Executives of the European Club Association… are committed to agreeing a deadline day that will stop clubs from trading players once the new campaign has started,” Simon Mullock of The Mirror reported.
It was mentioned that albeit unwavering support from most of the clubs and leagues involved, there was one club in particular, who opposed the same.
“One major club in Spain caused a problem so it couldn’t happen this year. That was FC Barcelona. Because of all their financial problems they were not able to make moves on the transfer market until a very late stage. So they broke the pact of the ‘Big Five’,” former Sunderland director Chris Woerts was quoted as saying, by Mullock.
