Swansea boss Paul Clement has advocated the closure of the transfer window before the commencement of a regular football season.

Clement has had to deal with Everton's interest in his player Gylfi Sigurdsson for the majority of this summer, and the English manager draws parallels with Virgil van Dijk's situation at Southampton.

"There's frustration here and I'm sure Southampton are frustrated too," Clement said.

"That's why I think if the window is shut before the season starts everything is sorted out and we can get on with the football.

"At our managers' meeting at the Premier League, we spoke about it (closing the window earlier).

"The majority of clubs are in favour but maybe all of us have to be for it to go through. It could happen next year."