BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe is hoping FIFA will not push ahead with plans to scrap the emergency loan window in 2014.

The game’s governing body has ruled that the system is in breach of transfer window regulations.

But FIFA has agreed to canvas opinion before acting on their findings.

Scrapping the system would hit the 72 Football League clubs who rely on emergency loans to cover unexpected injuries or weaknesses in their squads outside of the two summer and January transfer windows.

It will also affect Premier League clubs who rely on loaning out promising young players to gain first-team experience to clubs in the lower divisions throughout the season.

With less than a week to go before the current window for emergency loans closes, Howe - who signed Josh McQuoid from Millwall for the maximum 93-day allowance, meaning he will lose him before the final game of the season - admitted he was still considering possible incomings and outgoings.

And would like those options to remain unchanged in the future.

“It would be a shame to lose it in my opinion. I think it works well how it is,” he said.

“It enables us to bring players in and vice versa, it enables us to get players out.

“It’s all about producing young players and trying to get them into the game, and I think that’s English football’s biggest problem at the moment, and I don’t think this (proposed ruling) particularly helps.”

Of the possibility of movement either in or out of Turf Moor before next week’s deadline, Howe said: “We have a small squad and I’m still keen to get a couple of the other fringe players out on loan.”

The Burnley boss added he may also look to blood some members of the club’s successful youth team before the end of their season, following their progression to the FA Youth Cup semi-finals.

“We have a very successful youth team this year who have done brilliantly so if we don’t get any loans I’ll only be too happy to try to integrate some of them into the squad,” said Howe.

“It’s a little bit of an opportunity to mix things around and get some players out to get some games, and maybe to have a look at a few of the youth team lads, also have a look at the loan market and see what we do there.”