The DFL will use the additional transfer window made possible by FIFA before the 2025 club World Cup. This is followed by the Bundesliga of Serie A, La Liga and Premier League.
“The two participants FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund should be given the opportunity to register potential new additions to the 2025/26 season after the 2024/25 season, so that they are also entitled to use at the club World Cup”the DFL said at the request of the sports show.
The DFL set the windows as follows:
- 1. to June 10: The clubs have the opportunity to register players in the additional window for the first time in the summer.
- June 14 to July 13: The 2025 club World Cup in the USA is running.
- July 1st to September 1: The regular transfer window is open
In addition to Germany, England, Spain and Italy have already announced that they use the FIFA exception. However, the regular summer window has not yet been determined in Spain for this period. The summer window ends in England, Italy and Germany on September 1st. The deadline in Germany applies at 8 p.m.
| country | Additional window | regular window |
|---|---|---|
England | 1. – 10.6. | 16.6. – 1.9. |
Spain | 1. – 10.6. | unexpectedly |
Italy | 1. – 10.6. | 1.7. – 1.9. |
Germany | 1. – 10.6. | 1.7. – 1.9. |
Special window for club World Cup
FIFA introduced the possibility of the special window for the national associations, of which clubs play at the club World Cup. This includes the great European leagues from England, Spain, Italy and Germany. Because there is an organizational problem: While the World Cup is planned from June 14th to July 13th, player contracts will usually end on June 30th – in the middle of the tournament.
At Bayern this currently applies to Leroy Sané or Eric dier, at Manchester City For Ilkay Gündogan or Kevin de Bruyne. Therefore, the clubs with the additional window should have the opportunity to react to departures before the tournament. In this way, players can be signed earlier, not only at the official start of the transfer window.
According to the DFL, the measure applies “in particular” For the timely return of rental players. Mathys Tel is, for example, from FC Bayern until the end of the season Tottenham Hotspur Borrowed and could not play for Bayern at the club World Cup without the special window. For example, Borussia Dortmund awarded Youssoufa Moukoko (OGC Nice) and Sebastien Haller (FC Utrecht) until the end of the season.
Mathys Tel (left) in use for Tottenham
The FIFA made it clear: At the club World Cup, a player can only play for one club, nobody can play for the other club during the same tournament before June 30th. However, players with expiring contracts could be used at the World Cup until June 30, for example. Up to six players can be replaced on the list of the squad during the tournament between June 27 and July 3.
Basically, the clubs are allowed to name 35 players, 26 of whom can be part of the squad on the match day.
Transfer window Let it end before the league? That failed due to La Liga
In the Association of the European Leagues, to which all the great leagues belong, there were discussions to coordinate the end of the transfer windows of the Great leagues and to end before the national championship. According to information from the sports show, this project failed due to the contradiction of the Spanish league. As before, the windows are based on the deadline for reporting players for the European Cup competitions of the UEFA, which ends on September 2.