My reasoning is that selling clubs in Europe can afford to play the waiting game as they know the nearer it get the more desperate English clubs will get. You mentioned Chelsea, do you know for a fact they were seriously interested in buying Alisson? The Italian window closes 20th to be accurate 11 days after ours
If an Italian club is buying from another European team they may well see the same pressures applied to them...buongiorno
"They can afford to play the waiting game"
That doesnt mean anything.
If a club has the power to wait out a 6 week window they can wait out an 8 week one.