All 20 clubs competing in this season's FA Barclays Premiership have until midnight tonight, Thursday 31st August 2006 to sign players.
After this time, Premiership clubs cannot sign any players, on loan or full transfers, until one minute past midnight on Monday 1st January 2007.
This window will stay open until midnight on 31 January 2007.
Outside of the transfer windows, any club may still sign players on an emergency basis with the permission of their competition's governing body, i.e. the FA Premier League.
Players who are out of contract and do not have a club, can be signed at any time.