The Premier League confirms an important change to the summer transfer window due to the Club World Cup
THE Premier League confirmed that next summer Transfer window It will be held for two periods, with the opening and closing of the window before the Club World Cup start.
Manchester City and Chelsea will both present in the Renewed and expanded competition of the global club In the United States, which lasts a month from June 14th.
To allow clubs to recruit and record players before the tournament, the transfer window will open before the usual Sunday 1 June before closing nine days later.
The window will then reopen on Monday 16 June once the Club World Cup is underway, with clubs that can do business until Monday 1 September. Last year, the summer transfer window was open between June 14 and August 30th.
FifaThe new Club World Cup format will present 32 competing teams in eight groups of four. Chelsea will face Flamengo, Esperance de Tunisi and from another side in group D, while Manchester City will face Wydad AC, Ain and Juventus in the G.
The couple gained inclusion after winning the Champions League respectively in 2021 and 2023.
Previously kept as a smaller event in European winter, the reinstrument of the Club World Cup in the calendar caused significant restlessly with the best players, coaches and administrators who express their concerns about the competition. A Manchester City proposal to postpone their opening of two meetings in the Premier League has been blocked.
Richard MastersThe CEO of the maximum English flight, warned that the impacts of the tournament will be significant.
“The championships and the unions of the players are not happy with the decisions taken globally,” Masters said in an interview for The Council room Sky Sports podcast.
“We have seen the club’s world cup enter, and of course it will have an impact on the Premier League. If Manchester City or Chelsea arrive at the final of that competition, the Premier League begins four weeks later and all players should have three weeks in pause as part of the contractual commitment.
“So, how does it work? With great difficulty I would say. We believe that if the championships and the unions of the players were involved in the decision -making processes on how these competitions are put together, you would have better results. It is what we are asking for.”
