While clubs in the Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 mull over failed attempts to sign some summer targets as their respective transfer windows draw to a close on Thursday evening, La Liga outfits will have more of an opportunity to get their shopping done.
Unlike previous years, La Liga has decided not to follow the other four major European competitions and has extended its summer transfer window for an extra 24 hours -- Spain's transfer market will close at 23.59 CEST on Friday.
FIFA's regulation on the status and transfer of players demand for registration periods to be "fixed by the relevant association." Otherwise, football's world governing body will determine the dates. The majority of associations have chosen Aug. 31 as the deadline for registering players for the UEFA Champions League is Sept. 1 but, for example, the Portuguese league has gone as late as Sept. 22.
La Liga confirmed to ESPN FC that it opted to choose Sept. 1 as the deadline for the 2017 summer transfer window, which complies with the FIFA rules.
The first transfer window must begin after the end of the campaign and must last no longer than 12 weeks, according to FIFA.
La Liga's decision to make a date change was not a spur of the moment move because the registration periods for the season have to be "communicated to FIFA at least 12 months before."
So what do Spanish clubs gain from having an extra 24 hours?
La Liga did not reveal to ESPN FC its reasons for the change but one can only surmise that it benefits the clubs.
It certainly would have two years ago with the David De Gea transfer fiasco. Real had agreed a deal with Manchester United to sign the Spanish goalkeeper, with Keylor Navas due to move in the opposite direction only for the paperwork not to be submitted in time for the transfers to be completed.
The two clubs blamed each other but it was Real that received widespread criticism in the Spanish media for their failure to sign the player.
By keeping the transfer open one more day to register new players, Spanish clubs know they will have the full attention of other European sides that are no longer in a race against time to bring in new players because their deadline will have already passed.
Though veteran agent Gines Carvajal, whose clients include Real Madrid pair Daniel Carvajal and Sandro Ramirez as well as Jese Rodriguez, now on loan at Stoke City, doesn't see many advantages to have the extra time.
"I don't know the reasons behind La Liga's decision to change the date," he told ESPN FC. "Perhaps you can do a few more transfers but really one day doesn't change much in terms of the transfer window. I believe the transfer windows should be unified everywhere."
This season, though, they are not. Philippe Coutinho's potential £150m move to Barcelona from Liverpool could go past the English deadline and, if it does, Reds' fans won't be able to relax for another 24 hours.