While rumors are already rife, particularly around Paris Saint-Germain, the 2024-2025 winter mercato has only just officially begun this Wednesday, January 1. PSG must be well prepared to make the most of this month.
2025 has begun, and so has the 2024-2025 winter mercato!
How many transfers will PSG be involved in between now and 11pm on Monday February 3?
As a reminder, this mercato ends in France on February 3 at 11pm, as it does in England, Germany, Spain and Belgium. Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands in particular will have an extra day (although they start on January 2).
Contrary to what we often see for the summer, the markets in Qatar and Saudi Arabia will close earlier, on January 31. There will be no “rescue” on this front for a player who fails to find a buyer.
Instead, we’ll have to look to Turkey, where clubs such as Galatasaray have already relaunched players in difficulty, with the mercato running from January 13 to February 11.
In any case, we’re counting on PSG to have already made their move and not to fall behind schedule, even though the rule is clear: if the documents arrive after the stipulated time, the transfer will not be accepted.
Finally, the recruits of this mercato will not be able to play during the last 2 days of the Champions League league phase, and it will then be possible to register 3 players who arrived during this period.
