January transfer Deadline Day 2026 - date, timings for Premier League, EFL, WSL, Europe plus how to follow with Sky Sports

Deadline Day is on Monday, February 2 with window shutting at 7pm for Premier League clubs; timings around Europe, Deal Sheets, free transfers and more explained below; watch Sky Sports News, stream key hours with the Sky Sports App and follow our dedicated Transfer Centre live blog

Friday 30 January 2026 15:59, UK

Time is ticking for clubs across the leagues to seek reinforcements and reshape their squads in the January transfer window.

The 2026 January transfer window opened on January 1 and as it closes around Europe on February 2, Sky Sports will have you covered wherever you are - with live streaming, pundit analysis and fan reaction.

You can follow all the latest transfer news on the go in the Sky Sports Transfer Centre live blog.

Looking for dedicated news about your club? Bookmark your Premier League club's page for live updates and transfer developments. Follow an EFL club? Track the latest news from the Championship, League One and League Two. For WSL news, Sky Sports also has you covered with a dedicated live blog, and you'll find Scottish Premiership live news right here.

When is Transfer Deadline Day?

Deadline Day falls on Monday February 2, 2026 and the Premier League window shuts at 7pm.

When does the transfer window close around Europe?

The window for most major European leagues - including France, Germany, Italy and Spain - also closes on Monday February 2, 2026 although times vary.

Here are key deadlines elsewhere (UK time) on February 2:

Italy: 7pm
Germany: 7pm
France: 7pm
Spain: 10.59pm
Scotland: 11pm

The window in Portugal closes on February 3 but, further afield, it also shuts in Saudi Arabia on February 2.

What about in the WSL?

The winter window for Women's Super League and Women's Championship clubs opened on Friday January 2, 2026 and closes on Tuesday February 3, 2026.

The WSL and Women's Championship window closes at 11pm UK time.

How to follow Deadline Day on Sky Sports

Sky Sports News and the Sky Sports App are the best place to keep up with breaking news as the big stories unfold.

Not got the Sky Sports App yet? Download it here for transfer coverage straight to your phone, as well as free Premier League highlights and plenty more.

Sky Sports News will broadcast dedicated transfer coverage on channel 409 from 7am right through to the 7pm deadline and beyond to dissect all the drama, while our round-the-clock Transfer Centre blog will give you live updates, analysis and the chance for you to have your say.

If you're on the move, we'll be streaming key hours of our coverage on the Sky Sports App, as well as skysports.com and the Sky Sports News YouTube channel, from 8-9am, 11am-12pm, 3-4pm and 6-7.30pm (the final stream will also be available on the Sky Sports Premier League YouTube channel).

We'll have reporters at clubs up and down the country to bring you the latest developments, as well as dedicated teams covering the big news from the EFL and Scotland.

Our Deadline Day guests include Jamie Carragher, Jamie Redknapp, Paul Merson, Tim Sherwood, Kris Boyd and Charlie Austin, but from 8pm, you take centre stage. Fans from every Premier League club will join us in the Sky Sports News studio to give their verdict on their clubs' transfer dealings, before a one-hour Back Pages special reviews the newspapers and dissects all the day's action.

Can clubs sign players outside the transfer window?

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.

A Premier League club is not allowed to loan more than one of its goalkeepers to another Premier League club.

EFL regulations allow clubs more freedom to borrow players, but a maximum of five can be named in a matchday squad.

No club in the Championship, League One or League Two can sign more than four players on a temporary loan from another club in any season - and no more than two of those can be over the age of 23 (the deadline for determining a player's age is June 30 ahead of the season the loan takes place).

Any loan that later becomes a permanent transfer does not count towards a club's quota.

EFL clubs are allowed to make an emergency loan if all their professional goalkeepers are unavailable due to injury, suspension or international call-ups.