Brighton chief Paul Barber admits Premier League clubs will leave themselves wide open by shifting their transfer deadline.

Barber has pointed to his own club's rejection of big offers for players such as Lewis Dunk and Anthony Knockaert as examples of the resolve Premier sides might need to show.

He told The Argus: “There is now the risk that an overseas club could come in on the last day of the Premier League window and take a player, leaving the club unable to replace him.

“But, as someone said at the Premier League meeting, you can always say no.

“If you don't want to sell and the player is under contract, you just say no.

“We have done it, other clubs have done it.

“You just have to get that player back in the right mindset to play his football.

“Most footballers I know will very quickly get back in the right mindset because they have to."