Paris (AFP)
Ligue 1 will be able to divide its international transfer market into two parts this summer to adapt to the other championships that have resumed, but will have to put its transfer window on hold for most of July, we learned from sources on Tuesday. close to the case, confirming information from The Team.
The French Championship, which opened its transfer window for domestic transactions as of June 8 when its season was definitively stopped, has been authorized by Fifa to split this transfer window into two parts, in order to be able to align itself with the leagues neighboring countries such as Spain, Germany and Italy, which postponed their closure to October 5, the same sources said.
However, according to these sources, Fifa has not authorized the French League to exceed the twelve weeks of total duration of this summer transfer period, which forces clubs to have to put their transactions in parentheses for a good part of the month. July, so that you have enough weeks left to be able to reopen this window when the other leagues are shopping.
The last update, Tuesday, of the document of Fifa listing the dates of the summer transfer window in Europe, confirms that France decided to stop its transfer window on July 9. She plans to reopen it "around August 10", according to a source close to an L1 club who still regrets "losing three weeks" in the case.
During a previous Administrative Council meeting at the Professional Football League in June, it was indeed proposed for the international period, "in the event of FIFA's agreement, that a first period of 15 days be open to count from June 29 while the second spans the remaining 10 weeks from October 5 ", according to the minutes of the meeting.
Fifa having not given its agreement, this "second" period mentioned cannot therefore last 10 weeks.
For comparison, the German Football Federation (DFB) has decided that its transfer window will be open for only one day on July 1 (to record transfers already announced), then again from July 15 until October 5.
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