25-Mar-2025
Premier League clubs will discuss which date the summer transfer window should end on Thursday.
It has been reported that some sporting directors and other officials at top flight clubs would like the transfer window to close two days before the new 2025/26 season is due to start on Saturday August 16.
However it's more likely that the clubs will opt for a date at the beginning of September.
The issue of when the transfer window should end has already been discussed at an earlier shareholder meeting and Premier League executives will hold further talks on Thursday.
Chelsea are still expected to sign Jadon Sancho permanently in the summer despite the emergence of a get-out clause existing in the deal to sign him from Manchester United.
United would be due a £5m penalty payment from Chelsea, should the London club wish to get out of the £25m obligation included in his ongoing season-long loan deal.
Chelsea are expected to be in the market for a new winger in the summer but that intention is due to the uncertainty around Mykhailo Mudryk’s future.
The Ukrainian was provisionally suspended by the FA in December after testing positive for banned substance.
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca said of Sancho in January: “For me he’s doing very well. I am quite surprised with Jadon, because I knew Jadon already (from seeing him at his previous clubs) and I know what I expected from him, but in terms of being consistent, he’s doing very well.”