World football governing body FIFA has agreed to extend the pre-season transfer window by three days in response to repeated requests from the Bangladesh Football Federation.
The majority of the participating Bangladesh Premier League teams had asked the BFF to defer the window, which began on June 1, so that they could form their squads in the face of a financial crisis following the ouster of the Awami League government on August 5.
BFF, in return, has requested the FIFA to defer the cut-off date a number of times, according to its general secretary, Emran Hossain.
Eventually, FIFA, has decided to extend the deadline by three days, which will take it to 11 weeks and six days.
The FIFA statute states that the pre-season transfer window cannot be more than 12 weeks.
鈥楾he deadline day was August 19. FIFA has extended it by three days. We have informed the clubs about this decision,鈥� Tushar told reporters at the BFF House on Saturday.
