via Arsenal.com
**Premier League** clubs will meet on Thursday to discuss the possibility of closing this summer’s transfer window on **14 August**, two days before the 2025–26 season kicks off, a return to a previously trialled policy that was started in 2018 and abandoned after 2019.
The current window is scheduled to run from **12 June to 29 August**, aligning with the majority of Europe’s major leagues.
The proposal, which emerged from a meeting of sporting directors last month, reflects a growing desire, again, among football heads to give managers a settled squad before the season starts.
A vote on the change is on the agenda, but it is far from guaranteed to take place. League rules require a **super-majority of 14 clubs** in favour for the motion to pass, and if early discussions between owners and executives indicate a lack of support, the [Telegraph](https://www.pressreader.com/article/281548001687615) report the proposal may not even reach the voting stage.
The core of the objections remain unchanged from when the idea was last tried: without continental alignment, closing the Premier League window early could leave English clubs vulnerable to late-window moves, unable to buy while still at risk of losing key players to European rivals or Saudi teams.
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