When does the 2025 summer transfer window close?

Cameron Smith

• 3 Oct 2024 05:00 CDT
• 3 min read

The 2024 summer transfer window is officially closed for all clubs across world football and attention has now turned to the mid-season window in January.

Premier League clubs topped the spending charts yet again in 2024, although English top flight teams flexed their financial muscle slightly less than in 2023.

Dominic Solanke was the most expensive arrival in the Premier League this summer, but Tottenham Hotspur’s marquee summer signing cost €64.3 million, rather than the €116.6m that Arsenal paid to purchase Declan Rice in 2023.

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Next summer, things could change again though, and with Victor Osimhen set to be on the market, Liverpool potentially needing to sign a Mohamed Salah replacement and Chelsea likely to splash the cash again, 2025 could be a big year.

However, a major change to the 2025 summer transfer window has been rumoured and its impact would be monumental.

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When does the 2025 summer transfer window close?

In 2024, the summer window slammed shut on 30 August for Europe’s big five leagues, with Deadline Day typically falling at the end of August or the very start of September.

However, the Sunday Times have reported that a major change regarding the end date of the summer transfer window could be introduced in 2025.

As per the report, Premier League clubs have agreed to close the 2025 summer transfer window on 15 August - before the new season begins.

This would ensure all clubs will be unable to add to their squad once the 2025-26 campaign has started.

This change would lead to less unsettled squads across the first few weeks of the English top flight season and ensure clubs aren’t left helpless in the market if they lose a key player after the campaign has begun.

However, the change will likely depend on whether other European leagues also agree to move to the end date of their summer transfer window.

If other top European leagues don’t agree to this change, Premier League clubs will still be able to sell players abroad, but they won’t be able to sign replacements after 15 August.

As a result, this change will likely need to be universally agreed, otherwise it’s unlikely to happen.