Simpson voices fears on loan ban

Simpson has fears over the impact of the transfer window

Carlisle boss Paul Simpson says the transfer window could prove to be a huge hurdle for smaller football clubs.

Simpson said the ban on loans between clubs which runs from 24 November until 1 January could prove to be a problem.

"That will prove to be a testing time for clubs who are up to their budget," he told BBC Sport.

"They may get injuries or an illness going through the club and it could affect them. Hopefully it won't be something that causes us a problem."

However, the Carlisle boss added that the introduction of the window had not made a huge difference so far this season.

"The way that people are using it is that they agree a fee now, they take players on loan, and sign them in the January window." he said.

"It doesn't seem to be stopping anybody and it just seems a bit silly really. I think in our country, our own FA had a very good system in place.

"There wasn't a problem with our system but we had to come in line with Fifa."