Fifa is planning to introduce a standardised global transfer window that would reduce the disadvantage felt this summer by many Premier League clubs, whose opportunity to buy players will end prematurely compared with their European rivals when the domestic window closes at 5pm today.

Under proposals presented to Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, by an internal task force, the transfer window would close the day before the start of the domestic season in each member country.

Fifa’s proposals stop short of introducing a uniform window, as domestic league start dates vary globally, but would reduce the disparities between countries, which have been felt most acutely by Premier League clubs who voted last summer to bring forward the domestic window to August 9.

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