European Football Leagues Consider Ending Transfers Before Season Start

Discussions are underway to align transfer deadlines across top leagues, with a proposed mid-August cutoff to ensure finalized rosters by opening matches.

• Top European football leagues are exploring a unified transfer deadline before the start of their respective seasons to improve competition integrity.
• The Bundesliga, Serie A, and other leagues are in discussions to adopt a mid-August transfer deadline, with August 15 being a potential date.
• The English Premier League previously trialed a similar approach in 2018 but reverted to the traditional end-of-August deadline due to lack of alignment with other leagues.
• Italy's Serie A reportedly supports the proposal, France is still deliberating, while Spain has expressed opposition to the change.
• The proposed change would not affect the 2. Bundesliga, which plans to retain the traditional August 31 deadline.

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