Premier League announce new DOUBLE transfer window – but it won’t close before the season starts

The Premier League have revealed there will be two separate transfer windows this summer.

The new regulations will come into place ahead of the 2025-26 season and they were agreed at a meeting between club owners and executives in central London today.

As part of the new rules, there will be the first, early window, which opens between June 1 and June 10.

That window will then close, before activity can resume from June 16 all the way through to September 1. 

In a statement, the top flight said: ‘Premier League clubs have today agreed the dates for the Summer 2025 Transfer Window.

‘The window will open early, between Sunday 1 June and Tuesday 10 June, due to an exceptional registration period relating to the FIFA Club World Cup.

The rules were approved at a meeting of top flight chiefs (pictured – Brighton CEO Paul Barber)

Newcastle CEO Darren Eales was also at the meeting which agreed an initial window will open before the Club World Cup, with activity then resuming under a week later until September

‘It will then reopen on Monday 16 June and close on Monday 1 September.’ 

As highlighted in the statement, the earlier window is in response to the new rules in place for the inaugural Club World Cup this summer. 

That tournament runs from June 14 to July 13, with FIFA allowing national associations who have Club World Cup participants to open a special transfer window between June 1 and June 10 where clubs will be allowed to sign players.

The Premier League has two representatives at the Club World Cup in Manchester City and Chelsea.

Within the competition’s regulations, two more players can then be added to squads during an in-tournament window between June 27 and July 3.

Elsewhere, the decision to leave the second transfer window open until September 1 comes despite speculation that it was set to be closed before the season begun.

The 2025-26 campaign gets underway on Saturday, August 16, more than two weeks before the September 1 deadline.

However, in the build-up to Thursday’s meeting there were said to be concerns over other leagues such as those in Germany, Italy and Saudi Arabia having their windows open until a later date, something that was viewed as a potential disadvantage to the Premier League. 

FA CEO Mark Bullingham was also seen arriving for the meeting in London on Thursday 

A van by the venue was seemingly protesting against Premier League CEO Richard Masters 

Back in 2018 and 2019, the top flight window closed before the campaign got underway, but the league reverted to the current method in 2020 when it closed on October 5 amid the Covid-19 pandemic. 

This included last season when the market was open from June 14 until August 30, with FIFA rules insisting that windows can only run for a maximum of 89 days. 

FA CEO Mark Bullingham was also seen arriving for the meeting, while there was a protest against Premier League chief Richard Masters.

A van was stationed outside the venue which had ‘Richard’s Masters’ inscribed on it, accompanied by the logos of Arsenal, Liverpool, Man United and Tottenham.