The Premier League wants to close its transfer window early. It’s a good-intentioned, but dumb idea.

No team is happy when it gets pressured into a transfer after the season has already started. Philippe Coutinho, Alexis Sanchez and Virgil van Dijk could blow up their teams’ plans after the season has started by forcing moves. And some Premier League owners want to change this by moving up the transfer deadline.

A majority of Premier League club chairmen are reportedly in favor of moving the transfer deadline to a week before the start of the season. They’ll discuss this proposal during a meeting on September 7.

While this proposal would make a lot of sense in a world where the labor market was confined to one league, it’ll be difficult to implement in a global soccer marketplace. Nick Miller argues at the Guardian that this proposal could create unforseen problems, and Mark Ogden at ESPN FC says it only makes sense if other leagues follow suit.

Fans and coaches would be relieved with a global transfer system that requires business to be done before seasons start. But if the Premier League tries to be pioneers on this issue, the league might put itself at a competitive disadvantage.

Dennis Bergkamp’s pirouette goal against Newcastle, widely considered the best in Premier League history.

Zinedine Zidane is pretty annoyed by Cristiano Ronaldo’s suspension and seems to think he might win an an appeal. (AS)

Eden Hazard and Tiemoue Bakayoko are back in training, but neither is expected to play this weekend. (ESPN FC)

Carlos Tevez is going home to Argentina for a bit and apparently Shanghai Shenhua was afraid he’d just not come back. (BBC)

A hashtag asking Barcelona’s chairman to resign becaome a worldwide trending topic after the club signed Paulinho. (Sport)

David Garcia on Barca youngster Carles Aleña, who might become a superstar if Paulinho doesn’t block him. (ESDF)

Marcus Christensen on Julian Naglesmann, the 30-year-old coaching prodigy who faces Liverpool today. (Guardian)

Will Parchman on the goalkeepers competing for USMNT time behind Tim Howard. (MLS)

Manchester City is expected to make a £60m bid for Alexis Sanchez. (Telegraph)

And the Gunners could lose Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain too, with Chelsea circling. (Standard)

Blaise Matuidi could be on his way from PSG to Juventus. (Gazzetta)

Barcelona is confident that they’ll sign both Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele within a week. (Sport)

Chelsea had another bid rejected for Juventus fullback Alex Sandro, but they’re not giving up. (Mail)

Sergi Roberto is expected to leave Barcelona with Paulinho arriving. (AS)

Carlos Bacca is expected to go to Villarreal on a loan with an option to buy. (Football Italia)

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