When does the Saudi Pro League transfer window close? Big-spending Middle East giants have longer to

If this summer is anything to go by, we can safely say the Saudi Pro League is here to stay.

The country's Public Investment Fund now own four of the division's clubs [Al-Ahli, Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr] and as a result, the spending has been on another scale.

The transfer window in the Premier League and most of Europe is now closed but the Saudi Pro League clubs are still able to make deals, leaving all 20 top-flight teams exposed.

It remains to be seen if UEFA change anything to ward off the threat of Saudi Arabia, but for now, everything is the same.

When does the Saudi Pro League transfer window close?

In an official statement, the Saudi Pro League confirmed their window would close on Thursday, September 7.

The statement read: “As communicated to clubs in Saudi Arabia on Friday, June 30, the summer registration for player transfers for the Roshn Saudi League (Saudi Pro League) closes on Thursday, September 7.”

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It will shut at 10pm UK time.

In most of Europe, the transfer window has already closed.

This is a problem for Premier League sides because they could see potential January targets or future signings head off to the Middle East.

Notable Saudi Pro League transfers 2023/24

Sadio Mane [Bayern Munich] Al-Nassr

Aymeric Laporte [Manchester City] Al-Nassr

Ruben Neves [Wolverhampton Wanderers] Al-Hilal

Kalidou Kouilbaly [Chelsea] Al-Hilal

Neymar [Paris Saint-Germain] Al-Hilal

Aleksandar Mitrovic [Fulham] Al-Hilal

Roberto Firmino [Liverpool] Al-Ahli

Allan Saint-Maximin [Newcastle] Al-Ahli

Riyad Mahrez [Manchester City Al-Ahli

Karim Benzema [Real Madrid] Al-Ittihad

N'Golo Kante [Chelsea] Al-Ittihad

Fabinho [Liverpool] Al-Ittihad

Jordan Henderson [Liverpool] Al-Ettifaq

But teams in Saudi Arabia can also take players from England's top-flight and clubs can't replace them until January 2024 at the earliest.

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been the most vocal about this, especially because Mohamed Salah has been heavily linked with a move to Saudi Arabia.

If Salah were to leave Anfield now, the Reds would be left in a tricky situation.

Speaking about the Saudi Pro League, Klopp said: "The influence of Saudi Arabia is massive at the moment.

"Pretty much the worst thing, I think, is that the transfer window in Saudi Arabia is open three weeks longer. If I am right, I heard something like that, then at least in Europe, that's not helpful.

"UEFA or FIFA must find solutions for that. But in the end, at this moment, I don't know exactly what will happen. It's already influential for us, but we will have to learn to deal with it…

"Time will show."

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