9月7日晚，BBC和天空體育等媒體稱，英超各隊通過投票表決，2018年夏季轉會窗將在2018/19賽季英超開賽前的周四晚截止。但是這個截止日期只適用於英超俱樂部買進球員，而賣出球員則不受此時間限制。
根據BBC報道，英超各大俱樂部已經完成了投票表決並通過了這項議案，英超轉會規則將因此修改。2018年夏天，英超轉會窗將在聯賽開始前的當周周四下午17:00結束。
此前，英超多名主教練都抱怨過球員在前三輪比賽中為轉會而心不在焉，阿森納主帥溫格在本輪賽前的新聞發布會中還提到了這一點。下賽季，英超將不再擔心這種情況的存在，2018年夏季轉會窗，將在2018/19賽季英超開始前周四的英國夏季時間17:00結束，也就是北京時間的周五凌晨00:00關窗。
在這個時間之後，英超將無法註冊球員。如果其他聯賽規則不修改，英超將可以在8月底之前轉出球員。但可以預見的是，其他聯賽若想在時間差當中在英超買人，顯然將面臨巨大困難，甚至不排除其他聯賽也因此更改轉會窗截止時間。
Premier League clubs have voted to close the summer transfer window before the first game of next season.
The 2018 window will close on the Thursday August 9, two days before the first match of the next campaign, and the new rule applies only to buying players.
Premier League clubs will still be able to sell players to other leagues whose transfer windows remain open later into August and September.
The transfer window for the English Football League also remains unaffected, with clubs able to sell to lower division sides unless the EFL decides to bring its window in line with the top flight. The January transfer window remains unaffected.
Sky sources understand the decision was not unanimous; reached instead by a two-thirds majority of 14 clubs. Five clubs voted against the change and one abstained.
Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore told Sky Sports News: "There was a big concern that the Premier League has been playing two or three match rounds with a degree of uncertainty between themselves.
"It wasn't unanimous but nobody was pathologically angry about the situation. But there were some concerns by some clubs that, although they wouldn't be able to buy any more players, their players could still be picked off by those who haven't closed their windows. It just meant they couldn't support it.
"We did have managers' meetings before the season started. The managers are very strong on it. Almost all of them were in favour of shutting it earlier. The clubs just think it's wrong that, going into the first game of the season, they could be playing against a player that, a few weeks later, could be playing for a different club."
It comes after a number of Premier League managers and club officials have complained about the negative impact of transfer uncertainty and speculation on their players.
Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, Chelsea's Diego Costa, Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho and Southampton's Virgil van Dijk are just four of a list of players who have not played as they have pursued exits from their respective clubs.