SAM Allardyce has called for the Premier League to ‘listen to the experts’ – after accusing football’s ‘know-all’ hierarchy of harming the game’s future.

The frustrated Blackburn Rovers boss has again slammed the country’s transfer system ahead of tomorrow’s visit to Stoke City, insisting the time has come for the Premier League to ‘stand up and fight’ for its members.

The January window slammed shut on Monday with Allardyce unable to add to his striking options, despite attempts to sign Benjani and Aruna Dindane, and he believes the market’s current restrictions only bring pressure and over-inflated price tags.

He insists the 2003 changes should now be abolished, leaving the league to return to a more open transfer structure.

The majority of his managerial peers have echoed Allardyce’s call for a change to the system over the last few days, after the quietest January in the window’s history, but the Rovers boss fears those in power lack the bravery to change football for the better.

He said: “The Premier League don’t listen to us. They don’t listen to the League Managers’ Association. They don’t give us enough say on any changes in the game.

“They totally frustrate us. We have the best knowledge of the game and more knowledge than they will ever have, but they seem to think they have more knowledge than us. They haven’t.

“They like to suppress us because they think if we become more powerful we will be like the PFA and that will be more of a problem for them.

“Now we have dealt with this window for the time we have it is non conducive for the good of the game. It is harmful for the game.

“We all know it harmful to the game, they know it is harmful. But they are not willing or prepared to stand up and do anything about it, which is a great shame.

“The window won’t change until the Premier League decide it should change.

"They will keep hiding behind FIFA and UEFA, and saying they have been brought into line with them. but if you don’t like it you should do something to change it.

"But no one is brave enough to do anything about it.”

Allardyce revealed work permit complications destroyed Rovers’ attempts to sign Benjani from Manchester City permanently earlier this week - before the Zimbabwean opted for a loan switch to Sunderland over Ewood Park.

He also admitted Benni McCarthy’s prolonged move to West Ham, again due to visa criteria, frustrated their own player search, as they failed to reach agreement in time with Lens over Dindane’s potential arrival.

“The bottom line is it is us as managers who pay the penalty for this window,” said Allardyce.

“We are the ones who get the sack, get put under pressure, and the ones that pay the price. That is why they should listen to us.

“Our necks are always on the line, we are on the front line, we are going over the bunkers fighting but we have no back up from the Premier League in terms of what we are trying to do.

“It is keeping the window open all the time and trading when you feel the need to trade.

"Clubs that fall into problems financially, as there are more and more, are allowed to resolve some of these problems by selling players.

"It keeps the transfer values down rather than up. It is a very, very poor situation and very difficult to cope with.

“It just gets more managers sacked quicker.”