Clubs are aiming to wrap up deals before the first transfer deadline of a unique summer.
FIFA’s revamped Club World Cup hasn’t exactly thrown the summer schedule into disarray, but it has forced a change to the summer transfer window.
While clubs will have a 12-week spell from mid-June to September 1 to bolster their squads for 2025–26 and beyond, FIFA opted to offer teams competing at the Club World Cup in the United States a chance to sign players in time for the tournament.
As a result, the 2025 summer window has been split into two. The first of which—labelled an ’exceptional registration period’—opened right after the Champions League final and will close on Tuesday, June 10 at 7 p.m. (BST). Thus, there’s bound to be some urgency, especially for Club World Cup competitors, to get a glut of deals over the line.
