ALL of the main governing bodies of the game in England would be in favour of scrapping the January transfer window, according to League Managers Association (LMA) chief executive Richard Bevan.

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.

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.

Bevan said: “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.

“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.

‘‘When you consider there are 663 clubs across the 52 leagues of Europe – 50 per cent of them are losing money.

“That is not a good business position and the transfer window needs to be removed.”

The January transfer window, which was first introduced in 2003, closes at 11pm tonight.