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Premier League clubs vote to extend transfer deadline
Premier League clubs have voted to extend the summer transfer deadline in England to September 1 for the 2020-21 Season. The voting was held at a Premier League shareholder meeting on Thursday. The transfer deadline in England normally ended on September 1, until 2017 when clubs voted against the transfer of players when the league has already kicked off.
Other European leagues refused to support the idea of closing the transfer window before the start of the season and this caused a disruption to the English teams, because they could lose a player after the season has kicked off but will be unable to replace him until the winter transfer window.
Former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino also didn’t support the idea of closing the window before other leagues in Europe “I think that was a big mistake for the Premier League to allow that – we open the door to different clubs in Europe to try to create confusion within your squad. It can create a mess at clubs like us, clubs in England.”
With the vote, the closing date of the 2020 transfer window will be 1 September, 16:00 WAT. The Premier League said in a statement “At a Shareholders’ Meeting today, Premier League clubs voted to adopt a change to the Summer Transfer Window closing date for season 2020/21.
“This will move the closing date back to the traditional point at the end of August/early September.
“The 2020 closing date will therefore be 17:00 BST on 1 September (31 August 2020 being a UK Bank Holiday).
“Clubs agreed after discussing the topic at length at previous Shareholders’ Meetings.”
