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Ronald Koeman has called for the transfer window to close before the start of the season.

The Everton manager has called the final few days of the window as “crazy” as clubs balance playing games and trying to finalise late deals.

Koeman believes it only “fair” that the window shuts before the Premier League season begins.

“It’s for everybody the same,” Koeman said.

“It’s no different now between different clubs.

“The situation is still the same when the season is starting, you don’t know if the team will be the same by the end of the transfer window.

“That’s for us but also for everybody. In the last two or three days of the transfer window it is a crazy time because they are changing teams, playing. That’s difficult.

“It’s starts now (the season) and you like to win now.

“We know it happens and it will until the time that we can change that date to finish the transfer window before starting the new season.

“It would be fair play to close it before the season starts. Maybe we play against Stoke this weekend and in three weeks Stoke has four or five new players.

“It’s for everybody the same. The most fair and the most straight is to end the transfer window before the season starts.”

Everton signed seven players by early July but are still chasing Gylfi Sigurdsson, a striker and a left-sided defender.

Koeman expected that some of their business would take time to be completed.

“Of course we expected and we did good business with most of the new players,” he added.

“But I knew that maybe with the last two or three players it can be difficult because it is all about interest, what is the best choice to get a player in.

“We can spend money, but we like to spend money on really good players who will make the team stronger. If not then I prefer to do it with young players. It is difficult.”

The Blues have been embroiled in a drawn out pursuit of Sigurdsson whilst look as though they face a fight to prise first choice target Olivier Giroud from Arsenal with the Frenchman coming off the bench to net the winner for Arsenal last night in a thrilling 4-3 win over Leicester City to open the Premier League season.

“On one side I can understand because if it is a player who has signed a new contract and straight after that he likes to have a move then of course the business needs to do by the club and not by the player,” Koeman continued.

“If you have players and you don’t like to lose them you make it tough. If the situation is different with the player – like ambition – that makes it really difficult. Clubs are making it difficult to the other clubs who are interested in players.”