Manchester United and Manchester City were among five clubs who voted against the Premier League’s plans to move up the transfer deadline, reports have said.
The EPL announced on Thursday that the 20 clubs voted to close the summer transfer window before the first EPL game of next season.
Manchester clubs, as well as Swansea, Crystal Palace and Watford were not in support of the change, while Burnley abstained. Details of the voting were earlier reported by Sky Sports.
This most recent transfer window closed on Aug. 31, more than two weeks after the start of the Premier League season, but next season it will moved up to 5 p.m. on the day before the first games.
United’s current stand is not in line with what Jose Mourinho previously said, who backed the idea.
“I would prefer the window to close as soon as possible,” he said on Aug. 18. “So everybody knows the players we have and the deals will be done earlier and nobody would be waiting for the last week and we wouldn’t have the situation of sometimes a player plays game No. 1 for a team and game No. 2 for another team.”
The decision means Premier League clubs will not be able to replace players they lose to foreign teams in the last few weeks of the window.
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