What exactly are the rules governing transfers in the Premier League.?
FIFA regulates in general that there shall be two windows, a longer one (max. twelve weeks) in the break between two seasons and shorter one (max. one month) in the middle of a season. The specific periods depend on the league’s season cycle and are determined by the national football authorities. When a league commences in the second half of the year (eg. August or September) and stretches over two calendar years (autumn-spring season in the Northern Hemisphere), the first window is usually open from 1 July until midnight of 31 August and the second one from 1 January until midnight on 31 January the same year. Most major European leagues have adopted this scheme. Free agents can be signed by a club at any time in the season, if they had been released by their previous club before the end of the transfer window. A club can request to sign a player on emergency basis, ie if several goalkeepers are injured at the same time. In England, clubs from the Football League Championship to the
