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By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Aug 27, 2019 15:42 GMT

Premier League clubs to discuss transfer window deadline date next month

Should they delay the transfer deadline?

The early closing of the Premier League transfer window has become quite a divisive topic. Mauricio Pochettino recently slammed the decision to have the transfer window closed earlier than the rest of Europe for the Premier League clubs as it has the potential to unsettle squads.

This summer, the Premier League transfer window closed at 5 pm on August 8, a day before the Premier League opener between Norwich City and Liverpool. It is being claimed that several teams are of the opinion that the deadline needs to be extended.

However, there are still no suggestions that the clubs will vote on it when they meet next month. The report suggests that the voting could happen when the clubs sit down for another meeting in November.

Other European leagues' windows close only next week and this has become a source of frustration for the Premier League sides as players from their teams get courted by other European sides even after they lose the opportunity to sign a replacement themselves.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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Edited by Arvind Sriram