Billy Davies has called on football's authorities to scrap transfer windows and allow deals to take place throughout the season.

The Nottingham Forest boss dislikes the uncertainty that surrounds periods within the season when clubs can complete permanent deals.

At present clubs can buy and sell players during the close season up until August 31 and during January.

But Davies would love to see football revert back to the old system that allowed business to be conducted until the transfer deadline in March.

"The fact that the transfer window overlaps the start of the season gives managers major difficulties," he told us on the eve of Forest's latest npower Championship date against Norwich at The City Ground (kick-off 3pm).

"It creates a lot of uncertainty around clubs and causes chaos - and not only that, it allows many people to hold guns to the heads of other individuals, in terms of agents and other clubs and negotiations.

"That's what makes the transfer window so difficult.

"No one will be able to convince me that being able to buy and sell players all the way through the season and to do it properly is not a better option."