Source: Daily_Mail
LMA chief Richard Bevan claims January transfer window could be scrapped
The main football governing bodies in England would be in favour of scrapping the January transfer window, according to League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan.[LNB]The LMA boss has also argued that the month-long window 'creates an additional pressure' for clubs in managing their budgets and has inflated the value of players as clubs panic-buy in the final days and hours of January.[LNB]However, the future of the January window rests with FIFA, and Bevan appeared to suggest that there was little chance of significant change at the world governing body while Sepp Blatter remained as president.[LNB]Looking to leave: Fernando Torres could yet leave Liverpool for Chelsea[LNB]'I think the feedback from the Football Association, the Premier League, the Football League, the LMA and the Professional Footballers Association, the key stakeholders in the game, would all like to see it scrapped,' Bevan told BBC Midlands Late Kick Off programme.[LNB]'I'm sure it generates quite good television at this time of year but in reality it is definitely an issue, probably more so in this country, and particularly in the summer because our leagues start two weeks earlier than leagues around Europe.[LNB]'It also inflates the value of players, because particularly if you get towards the end of the transfer window, and there are two or three days to go, there may be one or two panic buys, particularly clubs desperate to find strikers.[LNB]'Certainly when you consider there are 663 clubs across the 52 leagues of Europe - 50% of them are losing money. That's not a good business position and the transfer window needs to be removed.[LNB] Big money: Manchester City spent a reported ?27m on Edin Dzeko earlier this month[LNB]'But with many decisions, FIFA are in a position where they've got one man making key decisions, and where you have an organisation where one man can have such an impact on the communities and business of sport, then that is not good governance at all - and it needs to change.'[LNB]The January transfer window, which was first introduced in 2003, closes at 11pm on Monday night.[LNB] Club-by-club guide to every Premier League transfer deal during JanuaryTottenham outcast Keane set for deadline day move to West HamTorres can join Chelsea for ?50m and Anelka could head back to LiverpoolTottenham midfielder O'Hara joins Wolves on loan for rest of season [LNB] Explore more:People: Sepp Blatter Places: United Kingdom, Europe Organisations: Football League, Football Association
