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The summer transfer window is in full swing with clubs across the Premier League and Europe getting their business done.
Strikers are stealing the headlines as we close in on the start of the 2025-26 season, and there are plenty of eyes on what will happen with Alexander Isak, Benjamin Sesko and Darwin Nunez among others.
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We have already seen some impressive business this window, as teams look to find the missing piece of the jigsaw and ensure the 2025-26 season is a success.
The picks of the bunch for me so far include…
There will be plenty more where these came from too, so stay tuned for all the latest breaking news and transfer updates on our transfer window live coverage right here.
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Why the Premier League’s traditional ‘Big Six’ are buying more from the rest of the league
The Premier League has strict rules about the number and type of players its teams can submit as part of their official squad list for the upcoming season.
Once the deadline closes on September 1, clubs will submit a 25-player squad. From that number, a minimum of eight players must meet the league’s home grown player criteria.
A player qualifies as home grown if they have been registered with an English or Welsh club for three full seasons before their 21st birthday.
Under-21 players at any Premier League club do not need to be included in the 25-man squad list, and can play at any time in the season for their team.
You will hear from our writers, correspondents and transfer experts regularly throughout today and the coming weeks; I can guarantee you that.
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The Athletic’s football writers, club correspondents and editors will leave no stone unturned in this transfer window to ensure you know everything that’s going on at your club.
All of it will filter into our daily live coverage here.
The jewel in the crown is the DealSheet, where each Tuesday morning our team — led by the prolific David Ornstein — will take you inside the market to explain the deals being worked on this window across the Premier League and beyond.
We will bring you analysis you can trust about what is happening at Europe’s leading clubs and why, with the latest information we’re hearing from our sources across the market.
Settle in because the article is long but detailed, giving you comprehensive knowledge of all the deals in the works — or you can search for the club and players you want to read about.
You can enjoy the latest edition of the DealSheet, which is hot off the press, below right now…
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This summer, English clubs had the luxury of getting new players in even earlier than the start of the primary transfer window — and it was all thanks to FIFA’s revised and enlarged Club World Cup.
The winners were Chelsea, and they are a good example too. They signed Joao Pedro from Brighton midway through the tournament in the USA, and had him join up with the squad for the latter stages of the competition.
All Premier League and EFL clubs were given special dispensation by FIFA to do business in an exceptional registration period from June 1 to June 10, regardless of whether the team in question took part in the Club World Cup.
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This is the main summer transfer window, after the invention of a bonus mini-window was granted for the Club World Cup in June.
We will ignore that for now.
For all Premier League and EFL clubs, the primary period for player trading opened on June 16 — and they have until deadline day on September 1 to conclude any trading.
That deadline this year is not going to be a late affair either. Rather than the previous 11pm deadline, this window will close at a universally agreed and very civilised time of 7pm BST.
As long as deal sheets are submitted to the FA before that time, clubs and staff have a grace period of two hours to conclude paperwork on any late deals.
A very good day to you all on Tuesday, August 5 and welcome along to our live coverage of football’s summer transfer window.
A lot of time has passed already, especially with FIFA’s Club World Cup muddying the waters of what we’re all used to through the European close season.
But here we are, flying headlong into the final month of the window alongside the start of soccer’s biggest domestic leagues — with a lot of business to be done between now and the September deadline.
We will bring you all the breaking news, context, analysis and reaction you need to keep on top of the moves, purchases and sales — as well as the chance to catch up on anything you’ve missed so far.
In short, don’t go anywhere because we’ve got you covered from here.

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