Tuesday 6 January 2015 12:48, UK
The January transfer window opens in England on January 3 and Sky Sports will bring you all the news as clubs look to strengthen their squad for the final four months of the season.
The opening of this year’s window has been delayed to the third day of the month, so it fits in with FIFA’s regulations of the window being open for 31 days.
The reason for the delay in ending the window is that January 31 is a Saturday when a full Premier League fixture list is due to be played and, as Sunday is not declared as a business day, the window will close at 11pm on Monday February 2.
Northern Ireland is actually one of the few places where it opens on New Year's Day, while La Liga’s transfer window opens a day earlier than the Premier League.
The timescale differentiates throughout Europe, with Italy and Holland opening their window on Monday January 5. However, France's Ligue 1 and Germany's Bundesliga share the same dates as England.
Meanwhile, Russian clubs won’t be able to start doing business until January 28.
As always, we here at Sky Sports will be working night and day to bring you best coverage of the window. Premier League clubs spent a record £842m in the summer transfer window and this winter we’ll be across every rumour, every medical and every deal completed.
LIVE TRANSFER CENTRE: Our team of journalists will be keeping our digital platforms right up to date with all the breaking transfer news. The hub of our online coverage will be our Live Transfer Centre which is accessible throughout the day and night via website, mobile and iPad.
There, you can also get involved by posting your own rumours. However, beware; other fans get to vote on how realistic or ridiculous your rumour sounds!
SKY SPORTS NEWS HQ: As always, our dedicated sports news channel will be breaking all the major transfer news. It’s going to be a busy month and we have our crack team of reporters keeping an ear close to the ground about all the potential moves. Our in house presenters will also be taking to the Sky Pad on a daily basis to give you a club-by-club update on all the ins and outs.
Plus, HQ are running a weekly transfer show the called 'Transfer Centre' – the first of which will air this Sunday at 7.30pm and you can keep across all the breaking news via Twitter: @SkySportsNewsHQ.
As with every transfer window, many clubs will leave their transfer dealings right until the final few hours. This is when the fun really kicks in so keep Monday February 2 free in your diary for Transfer Deadline Day with Jim White and co.
