Platini hints at changes to transfer rules

UEFA president Michel Platini said he was unhappy with the transfer system and was considering asking for a review into possible changes.

Under current rules, players can be transferred from the close of the previous season until midnight on August 31. The window re-opens on Jan. 1 and closes on Jan. 31.

Though they cannot represent their new clubs in the Champions League or UEFA Cup if they have already appeared in the competition that season, they are free to play in domestic league football.

"I don't think a player should be able to play for two clubs in the same competition in the same season and I think we need to get the (UEFA) Strategic Committee to look at the whole idea," Platini told Reuters.

"I think that it is wrong that a player can play for two clubs in any competition, scoring a goal for one team one week and then scoring against them a few weeks later."