BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche has called for an overhaul of the transfer window after blasting this summer’s version as like the ‘Wild West’.

While the Clarets twice broke their transfer record in signing Steven Defour from Anderlecht and Jeff Hendrick from Derby, they also suffered frustration, particularly when a deal for Rennes’ winger Kamil Grosciki collapsed in the final hours of the window.

The deals for Defour and Hendrick also proved difficult to complete, with the latter only arriving on deadline day after a summer-long pursuit.

And the Clarets chief believes the transfer window needs to close before the season starts, or stay opened nearly all-year round.

Asked if it was frustrating seeing the deal for Grosicki collapse so late in the window, Dyche said: “It’s not frustrating anymore because it’s the reality, it’s the Wild West out there.

“Previously you’d make a bid for a player and clubs would say yes or no, now it goes to 10 other clubs, ‘who fancies this player because we’ve got a bid’. That never used to happen really.

“Now it’s like a for sale sign on a player, they let people know, I’m surprised they don’t do adverts.”

Deadline day also fell during an international break, meaning clubs often have to wait to integrate new signings as was they case with Hendrick. The 24-year-old was away with the Republic of Ireland and only arrived at Gawthorpe a week after he signed.

“Weeks into the season there’s this craziness, you get players in who haven’t been moulded into your team, so the pre-season which is designed to get people ready for the start of the season is kind of pointless,” added Dyche.

“If you’ve got seven people say coming in in the last week, then you’ve got remould them all, then if they’re internationals they’re away. It doesn’t make sense.

“They’ve got to look at a better version of it. I’m sure there’s enough thoughts on it, mine is just a view, it’s not the view.

“If you got enough people together and got all their thoughts, I think there would be a better way of doing it, whether it’s before the season. It used to be open all year of course until the last few weeks of the season, which we all understood.

“In theory you could sign lots of loan players for that last six or eight games to have a last push and get it over the line. They take that away so eight games can’t win or lose it for you, we get that. It used to be just strengthen when you could, it was common sense.

“Now all that happens is prices go crazy because it’s all last minute. Clubs hold their players until the last minute, bids come in, and then last minute ‘you can have him’.”

The collapse of the deal for Poland international Grosicki came so late in the window that Burnley had no time to consider a replacement.

Dyche added: “It’s very, very difficult. The deal’s never done until both parties agree.”

The Burnley boss could now turn to free agents to bolster his squad and revealed he would be monitoring that market.

“You keep your eye on it, there are some who drift and fall through for whatever reason, promises not made etc,” he said.

“The world had changed, not that we’re looking in South America, but around Europe, everyone has a tag on who’s doing what, but that softening period after the window, people start popping up - ‘I thought he was with so and so’, so we’ll keep an eye on it.”