{"id":4473,"date":"2026-05-05T22:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4473"},"modified":"2026-05-05T22:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:17:20","slug":"when-does-the-2026-summer-transfer-window-open-and-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4473","title":{"rendered":"When does the 2026 summer transfer window open and close?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>                                             5 May 2026 11:55 BST                                                                                            <span class=\"article-publish-date__separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                3 min read                                                                                    <\/p>\n<figure class=\"large-img\">\n                                                <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.footballtransfers.com\/images\/cf\/image\/upload\/2748563b-7515-42e1-4eb5-a3b3a7a09100\/w=1200,h=675,quality=95,fit=cover,format=auto\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.footballtransfers.com\/images\/cf\/image\/upload\/2748563b-7515-42e1-4eb5-a3b3a7a09100\/w=640,h=360,quality=95,fit=cover,format=auto\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-image-size=\"retina\" class=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" alt=\"Elliot Anderson, Julian Alvarez, Mohamed Salah\" src=\"https:\/\/static.footballtransfers.com\/images\/cf\/image\/upload\/2748563b-7515-42e1-4eb5-a3b3a7a09100\/w=1200,h=675,quality=95,fit=cover,format=auto,q=95\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption><figcaption>\u00a9 IMAGO <\/figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<figure class=\"author-thumb\">\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-image-size=\"not_specified\" class=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" alt=\"Cameron Smith\" src=\"https:\/\/static.footballtransfers.com\/images\/cf\/image\/upload\/footballcritic\/miatgxl3mmf30nktvbwt\/w=112,h=112,quality=75,fit=cover,format=auto\"\/>                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 2026 summer transfer window is right around the corner and every elite club in Europe is expected to spend big yet again this year.<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, the Premier League transfer record was broken on two occasions by Liverpool, firstly on Florian Wirtz and then on Alexander Isak, while a number of other high-profile deals were also completed across Europe\u2019s big five leagues.<\/p>\n<p><center class=\"p-1 light-grey-bg\">Article continues under the video<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold left Liverpool to join Real Madrid before the Club World Cup in June, Chelsea spent just shy of \u20ac340 million on nine new signings, Bayern Munich picked up Luis Diaz and Arsenal splashed the cash on the likes of Viktor Gyokeres, Eberechi Eze and several others.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, yet more big deals are set to be finalised, with a number of world-renowned superstars expected to be on the move.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Gordon has been heavily linked with a Newcastle United exit, Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez is wanted by numerous top clubs, while Mohamed Salah, Andrew Robertson, John Stones and Bernardo Silva have already confirmed they will depart Liverpool and Manchester City respectively on Bosman deals.<\/p>\n<p>Below, <b>FootballTransfers<\/b> runs through when the 2026 summer transfer window opens and closes for clubs in Europe\u2019s top five leagues and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<h2>When does the summer transfer window open?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Premier League<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Premier League summer transfer window will open on Monday 15 June.<\/p>\n<p><b>The League<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 La Liga summer transfer window will open on Wednesday 1 July.<\/p>\n<p><b>Serie A<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Serie A summer transfer window will open on Monday 29 June.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bundesliga<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Bundesliga summer transfer window will open on Wednesday 1 July.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ligue 1<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Ligue 1 summer transfer window will open on Wednesday 1 July.<\/p>\n<p><b>Saudi Pro League<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Saudi Pro League summer transfer window will open on Wednesday 22 July.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 p-0 d-flex image-container\">\n<figure class=\"article-image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.footballtransfers.com\/images\/cf\/image\/upload\/20f4d0de-f3a4-4d1d-52df-20867bc39300\/w=1200,h=674,quality=95,fit=cover,format=auto\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.footballtransfers.com\/images\/cf\/image\/upload\/20f4d0de-f3a4-4d1d-52df-20867bc39300\/w=640,h=359,quality=95,fit=cover,format=auto\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-image-size=\"retina\" class=\"lazyload\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Anthony Gordon could be on the move this summer\" src=\"https:\/\/static.footballtransfers.com\/images\/cf\/image\/upload\/20f4d0de-f3a4-4d1d-52df-20867bc39300\/w=750,h=422,quality=95,fit=cover,format=auto,q=95\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption>\u00a9 IMAGO &#8211; Anthony Gordon could be on the move this summer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2>When does the summer transfer window close?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Premier League<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Premier League summer transfer window will close on Monday 31 August.<\/p>\n<p><b>The League<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 La Liga summer transfer window will close on Tuesday 1 September.<\/p>\n<p><b>Serie A<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Serie A summer transfer window will close on Tuesday 1 September.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bundesliga<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Bundesliga summer transfer window will close on Monday 31 August.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ligue 1<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Ligue 1 summer transfer window will close on Monday 31 August.<\/p>\n<p><b>Saudi Pro League<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Saudi Pro League summer transfer window will close on Monday 12 October.<\/p>\n<h2>  The FootballTransfers app <\/h2>\n<p>Check out FootballTransfers&#8217; new app for all of football&#8217;s big storylines, transfer rumours and exclusive news in one convenient place directly on your mobile device.<\/p>\n<p>The FootballTransfers app is available on Google Play and in the Apple App Store. Download here:<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2022Google Play<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022App Store<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 May 2026 11:55 BST | 3 min read \u00a9 IMAGO The 2026 summer transfer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}