Tuesday marks the final day of the summer transfer window for Europe’s top five soccer leagues, and the 24 hours have shaped up to be one of the most frantic deadlines in recent memory, with a string of high-profile deals expected to cross the line before clocks run out. Among the most anticipated outgoing moves is American striker Folarin Balogun, who is on the cusp of a transfer from Ligue 1 side AS Monaco to Premier League club Everton, multiple industry reports confirm.
Across the Premier League, defending champion Manchester City continues its aggressive spending spree, closing in on a £60 million ($81 million) deal to sign Everton winger Iliman Ndiaye. The agreement for Ndiaye is expected to put an end to City’s widely reported pursuit of Liverpool attacker Cody Gakpo. City has also been linked with a blockbuster move for Chelsea midfield star Enzo Fernandez throughout the entire window, but time is rapidly running out for the Etihad Stadium side to get a deal over the line before the window closes. In outgoing business from City, winger Jack Grealish is set to return to Everton on a season-long loan deal, sources confirm.
So far, the summer 2025 transfer window for the Premier League is on track to break all previous spending records, with total outlay across league clubs already hitting £2.82 billion ($3.8 billion). The current all-time record for a single Premier League transfer window stands at £3.14 billion ($4.25 billion) set back in 2023, a mark that is expected to be surpassed before Tuesday’s closure. The Premier League window will officially close at 22:00 GMT, while rival top leagues across the continent have earlier cutoff times: Germany, France and Italy all close at 18:00 GMT, with Spain’s window shutting one minute before 22:00 GMT at 21:59 GMT.
One of the first high-profile deals completed on deadline day sees Aston Villa add 19-year-old winger Ibrahim Mbaye from Paris Saint-Germain, a transfer that continues PSG’s massive summer sell-off that has now brought in a combined $460 million in transfer revenue for the French giants. Mbaye joins a reshaped Villa attacking line that has already added Nicolas Jackson and Alejandro Garnacho this window. Unai Emery’s side, which qualified for the Champions League last season, has endured a rocky start to the new domestic campaign, dropping all three points in its opening two league matches.
In La Liga, one of the biggest deadline-day moves sees Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus complete a three-year transfer from Arsenal to FC Barcelona. Jesus struggled with repeated injury issues during his tenure at the Emirates Stadium, but still contributed to Arsenal’s 2024-25 Premier League title triumph. Jesus is the latest forward to exit Arsenal this window: Leandro Trossard already completed a move to Turkish side Besiktas, while first-team winger Gabriel Martinelli and young star Ethan Nwaneri are both expected to finalize exits before the Premier League window closes.
Across Serie A, Newcastle United forward Nick Woltemade is reported to be finalizing a season-long loan move to Juventus, just 12 months after he moved to the Premier League from the German domestic league.
In the Bundesliga, the biggest deadline-day signing to date sees 20-year-old Spanish center forward Marc Guiu move from Chelsea to RB Leipzig on a permanent five-year contract, for a total fee that could rise to 17 million euros ($19.7 million). Guiu was part of Chelsea’s 2024 Conference League and Club World Cup-winning squad, but never managed to secure a regular first-team spot at the London club, failing to score a single Premier League goal during his tenure.