In an unprecedented move, the Premier League could be forced into operating two separate transfer windows this summer with all of the ensuing chaos. One [‘deadline day’](https://www.claretandhugh.info/west-ham-set-for-double-deadline-day-attacking-swoop/) drama unfolding each summer is bad enough. Two would be extreme.
The problem is FIFA – as usual – and their World Club competition, for which they deem an interim transfer window could open for affected clubs from 1st-10th June, before the tournament. Other Premier League clubs complained, stating they’d be disadvantaged. So now all clubs in the league of affected teams can operate within that window.
The normal window can only be open for 89 days under FIFA rules: Last year it operated from 14 June – 30th August. So there is a real possibility that the window _this summer_ would have to shut for a few days – and then reopen later in June.
Giving two deadline days.
Good news or bad for West Ham? Given that the club usually does business late in the window, I don’t think it makes a whole load if difference. However according to the [_guardian.co.uk_](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/27/premier-league-transfer-windows-club-world-cup-football) it adds yet another burden as:
“_The issue is particularly pressing for Premier League clubs who are struggling with the competition’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR), including Manchester United, Newcastle and Aston Villa, as player trading this June is likely to be crucial to them complying with the regulations. Newcastle and Villa only avoided a PSR breach and likely points deduction for this season by selling players, such as Elliot Anderson and Douglas Luiz respectively, before the 30 June reporting deadline and United have been candid about finding themselves in a similar position this year”_
Meaning clubs may need to offload players before the end of the first window so opportunities will exist – like last summer’s brief chance to buy Jhon Duran early at a decent price and enable ‘Villa to avoid a breach.
But are West Ham capable of acting _that decisively without a director of football?_
As it stands, the club are planning to use Chair David Sullivan or Vice-Chair Karren Brady to do the negotiating for their deals.
With two transfer windows to work in, that sounds like a recipe for total chaos.