2025 January transfer window – Now declared officially open | OneFootball

The 2025 January transfer window has now officially opened.

Newcastle United and the other 19 Premier League clubs, can now buy and sell players.

The 2025 January transfer window having now opened today (1 January 2025).

Then the Premier League window will close at 11pm on Monday 3 February 2025, after which time no players can be bought by PL clubs. Though there is still the potential that PL clubs could still sell players to clubs who are in countries that have a later closing date for their transfer window.

So just the 33 days to go until this latest transfer window closes, what are your hopes and expectations?

Sky Sports have published this handy guide to the 2025 January transfer window:

When does the 2025 January transfer window open?

The January transfer window for English clubs opens on Wednesday January 1, 2025.

When is Deadline Day?

Deadline Day actually falls on Monday February 3, 2025. The English window closes at 11pm UK time.

When does the winter window close around Europe?

The window for most major European leagues – including France (1pm GMT), Germany, Scotland, and Spain – also closes on Monday February 3, 2025 though times vary.

Italian clubs, meanwhile, only have until 7pm on Saturday February 1 to do their business and the transfer window in Turkey closes on Tuesday February 11, 2025.

Further afield, the window shuts in Saudi Arabia on January 30.

Can clubs sign players outside the transfer window?

Signings are often announced outside a transfer window, but a player will not be able to be registered to play for their new side until the window opens.

What about free agents?

Free agents can sign for a team at any time, as they are not contracted to another club.

If a player is to become a free agent at the start of July, they can agree a transfer to a foreign club but will not officially be their player until their contract is over.

How many loan players can clubs sign?

The Premier League Handbook details that Premier League clubs may not register more than two players on loan at any one time.

The maximum number of loans a club can register in the same season is four, and a club cannot loan more than one player from the same club at any one time.

Premier League clubs cannot loan to another Premier League club a player they have acquired in the same transfer window.