What is a transfer deal sheet?published at 12:25 British Summer Time
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BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team has been answering some of the key questions around the transfer window…
What is a transfer deal sheet?
Premier League clubs need to complete a ‘deal sheet’ in order to complete a transfer in the last two hours of a transfer window.
Clubs often leave their transfer dealings to the very last minute, and therefore have to submit a form to the Premier League to make sure that a transfer can go ahead.
The deal sheet allows a club to confirm that an agreement has been reached and also give themselves more time to submit the remaining documentation.
The deal sheet cannot be used before 17:00 BST and needs to be filled in before the transfer window closes.
Once the deal sheet arrives with the Premier League, the clubs have an additional two hours, or until 21:00 BST to submit all the required paperwork.
If all the necessary paperwork has still not been submitted after the 21:00 BST deadline has passed, the transfer will not be able to proceed.