West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has called for the transfer window to slam shut before the season starts.

17 Premier League clubs have voted in favour of shutting the transfer window before the start of the season, with West Ham boss Slaven Bilic also advocating for such a change but the Croatian believes that the new ruling would be pointless if it is not implemented across all European leagues.

As quoted by Sky Sports, Bilic said: "Yes. It is mutual from me and the club. I would like that to happen, it would help everybody.

"For me it is has to be across the leagues. Otherwise there is no point. Ironically it would put the clubs in a worse situation that you would still lose players if clubs abroad want them and you can't replace them. It would only protect us in that no other Premier League clubs can take your players.

"The [Philippe] Coutinho situation, it would not stop Liverpool losing him, but would stop them finding a replacement. It's a great idea, first one I'm definitely like 'yes'. Some teams are losing like 30 per cent of their teams."