Coventry City boss calls for big transfer window change to avoid 'turbulence'
Coventry City boss Mark Robins would like the transfer window to be scrapped and the old format put in place whereby clubs can trade all year round. Failing that, he certainly believes the summer window should shut before the season starts.
The Sky Blues boss feels the current system disrupts the start to the season and encourages agents to “agitate” and cause “turbulence,” forcing clubs to have to act to avid having unsettled players on their hands when the campaign is already underway.
Robins was unhappy with the way he claimed Kasey Palmer “forced” his deadline day move to Hull City, leaving the club unable to react in time to get in a replacement. It's the second year running that the Sky Blues have lost a senior after the start of the season, with Gus Hamer securing his switch to Sheffield United last term.
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Asked whether the window shutting three weeks into the start of the new season is a distraction, the manager said: “I’d rather there not be a transfer window and go back to be able to do transfers any time. But if we are going to have a transfer window it shouldn’t be during the season.
“As soon as the season starts it’s got to shut. It makes sense. It doesn’t make sense when you get situations like with Burnley, who started the season and now they have got a different team.
“It must be difficult for everyone concerned. It’s certainly difficult for us because we have got a number of people who are agitating to get moves and unsettle people to create turbulence which means you may have to do something or end up with an unhappy player.”
He added: “But honestly, there needs to be a reality check because you look at normal life and football and it’s just totally out of proportion. “People need to get a reality check and understand that we’re really fortunate in this game. The fact that you get a contract and go and work for the people who pay their hard earned money to watch you. That’s all you’re required to do.
“But as far as the transfer window goes, it should shut before the season starts.”