When does the summer transfer window open and close?

Cameron Smith

• 4 Feb 2025 09:36 GMT
• 2 min read

The January transfer window has now closed and clubs in Europe's major leagues will already be planning their transfer business for the 2025 summer window.

January 2025 saw a whole host of big money transfers, with the three biggest seeing Leipzig pay €80 million for PSG's Xavi Simons, Al Nassr splash out €77.5m for Aston Villa's Jhon Duran, and PSG themselves spend €75m for Napoli's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

The summer transfer window is expected to see far more money being spent, especially as a number of top clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal and Real Madrid kept their powder dry in January.

Viktor Gyokeres, Victor Osimhen and Mohamed Salah could all be on the move in the summer, with the former two linked with a host of Premier League clubs, and the latter wanted by Saudi Arabia.

In the summer of 2024, the Premier League flexed its financial muscle yet again, although English top flight teams spent far less than they did in 2023.

Julian Alvarez was the most expensive signing of the summer window, with the Argentina international leaving Manchester City to join Atletico Madrid for an initial fee of €75 million.

However, Kylian Mbappe was the biggest mover of the 2024 summer transfer window, as he finally completed a move to Real Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain.

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Several high-profile transfers are expected to take place in 2025, with Trent Alexander-Arnold widely expected to join Real Madrid and Arsenal to finally bring in a natural striker for big money.

Below, FootballTransfers runs through when the 2025 summer transfer window will open and close across Europe's top five leagues, plus Saudi Arabia.

When will the summer transfer window open?

Premier League

The Premier League summer transfer window will open on Thursday June 12, 2025.

La Liga

La Liga's summer transfer window will open on Tuesday July 1, 2025.

Serie A

The Serie A transfer window will open on Tuesday July 1, 2025.

Bundesliga

The Bundesliga summer transfer window will open on Tuesday July 1, 2025.

Ligue 1

The Ligue 1 summer transfer window will open on Tuesday July 1, 2025.

Saudi Pro League

The Saudi Pro League summer transfer window will open on Friday July 18, 2025.

When does the summer transfer window close?

Premier League

The Premier League summer transfer window will close on 29 August in 2025.

La Liga

La Liga's summer transfer window will close on 31 August in 2025.

Serie A

The Serie A summer transfer window will close on 30 August in 2025.

Bundesliga

The Bundesliga summer transfer window will close on 1 September in 2025.

Ligue 1

The Ligue 1 summer transfer window will close on 30 August in 2025.

Saudi Pro League

The Saudi Pro League summer transfer window will close on 2 September in 2025.