(adjacent, long). Same rule as the first market with the deadline moved to 23:59 GMT on 16 December 2026: the new club's official site confirmed by BBC Sport or Sky Sports. A Premier League ruling that cancels his United registration without a new club named resolves NO, as does a new agreement with United; silence resolves NO.
We found seven young players who forced their way out. All were aged 15 to 17 at top academies in England or Spain since 2003, and left against their club's wishes by refusing a deal, sending a notice or walking out of a youth deal. We counted the days until a new club registered them. Four were at a new club within a month of the first news. The three English cases since 2017 took six to eleven weeks.