Premier League Votes To Move Up Summer Transfer Window Deadline

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Premier League Votes To Move Up Summer Transfer Window Deadline 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Thu Sep 7, 2017 2:38 pm

Premier League clubs have voted to end the transfer window before the start of the domestic season.

The deadline has historically been at or around the end of August.

The move comes after the start of this season was dominated by uncertainty over the future of Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho, Everton’s Ross Barkley and Swansea City’s Gylfi Sigurdsson.

The Uefa president, Alexander Ceferin, has also backed closing the window earlier in an interview with German broadcasters ARD: “Yes, I think that it is open for too long. It is strange that you play for one clubs when the season starts and then that you can simply play for another one. That is not good for the competition. We are in serious discussions over shortening the transfer window.”

Asked when the window should close, Ceferin added: “I think that it is no bad idea to close the window at the end of July.”

Via Martha Kelner/The Guardian

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