When does the summer 2025 transfer window close? All the key dates…
All the information on when the transfer window opened and when it closes
The main summer transfer window is now OPEN, with the key dates set for when clubs will be able to do business until.
With the 2024-25 Premier League season now in the history books – Liverpool being crowned champions and Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Newcastle United joining them in the 2025-26 Champions League – it’s time to turn our attention to the summer window. Clubs will have already been busy making signings and there are still big plans to be put into action.
They can still sign free agents at any time, but they have already been signing new players from other clubs too in deals worth up to £116m.
This year, the Premier League approved an earlier-opening window between Sunday, June 1 and Tuesday, June 10 to align with the ‘exceptional registration window’ approved by the FIFA Council because of the expanded Club World Cup.
Chelsea and Manchester City are the English clubs who took part, but any club was able to complete transfers in that period.
That window has been and gone, but the full summer window re-opened for Premier League clubs on Monday, June 16.
That’s two days later than the same time last year, although as usual, most contracts agreed in this time will officially begin from July 1.
When does the transfer window close?
Every year there are debates by managers about whether the transfer window should close before the season starts or in its usual timeframe towards the end of the summer itself.
Talks were held this year about closing the window before the season begins in mid-August, but ultimately there was a unanimous vote to keep the closing date the same as the rest of Europe.
That means the 2025-26 season will be underway before the transfer window shuts.
Deadline day in the summer has been confirmed by the Premier League to be on Monday, September 1.
It’s also now been confirmed that the deadline will be at 7pm, which is earlier than the usual 11pm cut-off point.
The 7pm deadline, which was the same for June 10 as it will be on September 1, is expected to mirror other major European leagues.
In previous years, the deadline has sometimes been at a different time in different countries, even if the day is the same.
Transfer windows in other countries
The estimated dates of the transfer windows elsewhere in Europe, plus the Saudi Pro League, are as follows:
Spain: July 1 – September 1
Germany: July 1 – September 1
Italy: July 1 – September 1
France: July 1 – September 1
Saudi Arabia: July 18 – September 2