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Serie A has become the first top-flight league to introduce an additional transfer window before the inaugural Club World Cup next summer.
FIFA approved a proposal in October to give its national associations the option of introducing an “exceptional registration window” to “address technicalities and equalise inconsistencies created by differences in registration periods and domestic-season timings”.
A statement from the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on Thursday: “Taking into account the 2025 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, at the request of the…