When is transfer deadline day? Date, time and deal sheets explained as Leeds United eye strong finish
All the key transfer deadline day information with Leeds United having less than two weeks to complete any business.
Leeds United are now into the final two weeks of their summer transfer window with plenty of work still to do.
The Whites have enjoyed an encouraging few months in the market, with three additions all expected to improve the starting-XI. Winger Harry Wilson joined on a free transfer before the combined £74million arrivals of centre-back Tarik Muharemovic and goalkeeper James Trafford.
A fourth arrival is expected to follow soon enough, with Nico Elvedi in the UK undergoing medical tests and putting the final touches on his initial £6.8m move from Borussia Monchengladbach. The 29-year-old is being brought in to replace outgoing Sebastiaan Bornauw.
Elvedi isn’t expected to be the final summer signing, with Leeds still wanting a top-class left-sided attacker alongside cover in the striker, goalkeeper and left-sided defender positions if possible. It’s set to be a busy final fortnight for Elland Road recruitment chiefs who will be working right up until the transfer deadline.
When is deadline day?
The transfer deadline day this summer is scheduled for Tuesday, September 1. That is 13 days from now, by which point Leeds’ 2026/27 campaign will be well underway.
Farke’s side will have played twice in the Premier League by that point - at Nottingham Forest and at home to Brentford - as well as kicking off their Carabao Cup campaign. Deadline day arrives four days before the Whites travel to Brighton.
For the past two windows, an earlier deadline of 7pm was set in a bid to allow a more normal working pattern for those staff involved across football. But this summer, a more traditional 11pm slot has been reinstated.
That will likely see clubs - potentially Leeds, depending how the next fortnight goes - working late into the night to finalise their summer business. And as ever, said those going down to the wire will have a two-hour grace period courtesy of the infamous deal sheet.
Deal sheets explained
A deal sheet provides clubs with a two-hour grace period after that 11pm deadline to finalise the paperwork of a potential transfer. All parties involved in a transfer must sign and submit the deal sheet to the Premier League, confirming an agreement has been reached.
At that point, involved clubs are given another two hours to conclude the final details and make the transfer official. Deal sheets cannot be submitted to the Premier League until after 9pm on deadline day, with 1am the latest at which all paperwork needs to be completed.
Of course, the submission of a deal sheet does not guarantee a transfer will go through and Leeds know all too well how a late change of heart can affect things. The Whites and Harry Wilson both signed a deal sheet on deadline day last summer ahead of the Welshman’s proposed move from Fulham to Elland Road.
The belief was Leeds had satisfied Fulham’s demands for Wilson but late in the evening, Craven Cottage chiefs had a chance of heart. Wilson would eventually remain with the Cottagers to see out his contract before joining Leeds on a free transfer earlier this summer.