According to the league, the transfer window in Saudi Arabia is only open until September 7th. The official FIFA calendar is still September 20th. specified.
Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp complained during a press conference on Friday (September 1st, 2023) that the transfer window in Saudi Arabia was open almost three weeks longer than in the major European leagues. He could “no longer react” if, after Fabinho and Jordan Henderson, another of his players followed the lure of money and left the Premier League.
Klopp had assumed that official transfer calendar of the world governing body FIFA valid after the Saudi Arabia men’s transfer window opens until September 20.
But now the Saudi Pro League and the national federation of the kingdom have announced that the window will be closed on Thursday (September 7th, 2023). The clubs had already been informed of this on June 30th.
A regular process, as FIFA announced at the request of sportschau.de. Accordingly, each member association must comply with the limits laid down in Article 6, Paragraph 2 of the FIFA Statutes. Each association can set its own duration, start and end date. According to a FIFA spokesman, the Saudi association did this in accordance with the rules.