Which countries still have transfer windows open?

Jadon Sancho was one of the most high-profile moves of transfer window (Image credit: Getty Images)

When the clock struck 11pm on Thursday evening, football clubs across England and the UK either (a) breathed a sign of relief or (b) kicked the fax machine in frustration as it meant that the domestic transfer window was closed.

While some teams will have been desperate to land new faces and bolster their squad for the second half of the season, others will have wanted the January sales to end without losing any of their key players.

But before directors of football, chief scouts and the like can go for a much-needed lie down ahead of their preparations for the summer window, there are a few transfer windows across the world that have stubbornly refused to close and are therefore still able to plunder Premier League and UK teams.

What transfer windows are still open?

Frankly, loads are still open. At the time of writing on February 2, there are 82 transfer windows still open across the world, with El Salvador currently enjoying their transfer deadline day.

We’re not expecting a rush of business from too many teams from the likes of Kyrgyzstan or Djibouti, there are a fair few major European leagues, including Turkey, Switzerland and the Czech Republic still open for business, while plenty of South American nations, the USA and Australia can still wheel and deal.

Here is a look at when some of the bigger windows left open do finally shut…

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When do other countries' transfer windows close?
Country	Deadline Day
Austria	February 6
Australia	February 7
New Zealand	February 7
Turkey	February 9
Hungary	February 14
Croatia	February 15
Switzerland	February 15
Serbia	February 16
Argentina	February 18
Poland	February 22
Russia	February 22
Czech Republic	February 22
China	February 22
Brazil	March 7
South Korea	March 8
Japan	March 27
Sweden	March 28
Norway	April 3
United States	April 23

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For more than a decade, Joe Mewis has worked in football journalism as a reporter and editor. Mewis has had stints at Mirror Football and LeedsLive among others and worked at FourFourTwo throughout Euro 2024, reporting on the tournament. In addition to his journalist work, Mewis is also the author of four football history books that include times on Leeds United and the England national team. Now working as a digital marketing coordinator at Harrogate Town, too, Mewis counts some of his best career moments as being in the iconic Spygate press conference under Marcelo Bielsa and seeing his beloved Leeds lift the Championship trophy during lockdown.