Leeds United face an unwanted transfer issue this summer should they win promotion back to the Premier League.
The Whites are well-placed to win automatic promotion, sitting top of the Championship, but level on points with Sheffield United.
Daniel Farke's side have eight games remaining to secure their return to the top flight for the 2025/26 campaign.
Though focus at Elland Road is on the current season at the moment, the club will have plans in place to strengthen their squad, should they win promotion back to the Premier League.
However, a report from the Telegraph claims the top flight's current 20 teams are set to vote on closing the transfer window two days before the start of the 2025-26 campaign, on August 16.
If Leeds were to win promotion, it does not appear as though they would have a say in the decision.
Traditionally, the window doesn't close until a couple of weeks after the season has started, falling in line with other European leagues. The proposal will go to a vote at a meeting, requiring a majority of 14 to pass the motion.
Top flight clubs had previously operated within similar parameters, with the transfer window closing before the campaign began.
However, the report claims a meeting in February saw 20 sporting directors at Premier League clubs, and those in similar roles, call to reintroduce the motion to close the window before a ball has been kicked.
Leeds United boss Daniel Farke
Leeds United boss Daniel Farke (Image: Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images)
There are issues with the idea, one of those being trying to convince other European leagues to follow suit, let alone convince the Saudi Pro League to do the same.
The latter league is now the second-biggest spender on transfer fees behind the Premier League.
Many Premier League clubs feel that closing the window earlier would give them a disadvantage in negotiations compared to their European rivals.
It would also mean the Whites, if they were to win promotion back to the top flight, would have less time to conduct their summer transfer business ahead of a potential huge rebuild.
At the same meeting in February, directors discussed shortening the January transfer window to two weeks in an attempt to minimise disruption to squads.