Premier League to run TWO different summer transfer windows?! FIFA Club World Cup could bring dramatic change

The Premier League could run two transfer windows in the summer of 2025, with the FIFA Club World Cup causing disruption to established schedules.

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• Club World Cup gets underway on June 14
• Special window proposed for those involved
• Premier League could split summer window

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  An expanded event run by world football’s governing body is due to get underway on June 14. It will run until July 13, by which point those players seeing their respective contracts run down will technically have become free agents.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  FIFA has revealed plans for an interim window between June 1-10, allowing those clubs involved in the CWC to bolster their squads while also agreeing short-term extensions with players that could be moving on – such as Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, Joshua Kimmich at Bayern Munich and Real Madrid trio Luka Modric, Ferland Mendy and Lucas Vazquez.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Those teams not taking part in the Club World Cup are understandably concerned that they are going to be left at a disadvantage if certain rivals can dip into the market before everybody else. That is forcing the Premier League to consider splitting their summer window.

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  FIFA regulations dictate that a transfer window can only be open for a maximum of 89 days, which would lead to a slightly early closure – with European and Saudi Pro League clubs still able to do business – if the 2025 market were to remain open from June 1.