UEFA does not want a summer transfer window that goes all over the place. The European football body is awaiting a harmonization of the transfer schedule, with a closing on October 5. This emerged from a meeting of its executive committee on Thursday.
The deadline for registering players for the group stage of European club competitions for the 2020-2021 season has been set for 6 October, said UEFA. The summer transfer window, which is to last three months, has been pushed back to Europe due to the coronavirus pandemic which forced the championships to be stopped in March. Competitions, including the national championships, have resumed in most countries, including Germany, Italy, Spain, England and Portugal, but not in France or the Netherlands.
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Last week, Fifa announced that it was modifying its transfer window rules to take into account the long interruption of competitions linked to the coronavirus, conditionally allowing the summer window to exceptionally overlap the 2019-2020 championship ends rescheduled during summer.
Normally, the summer transfer window only started once the previous season was completed. This decision allows clubs still involved in their respective championships during the summer to register new players at the same time. But these players will only be able to be aligned in official matches for the matches of the 2020-2021 season, not for those of the season to finish.
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