THE Football League's fight against controversial plans for the introduction of a transfer window have been backed by the Premier League.

Clarets chief executive Andrew Watson admitted this morning: "We, and every other club, back the Football League totally on this one.

"All the clubs feel really strongly on this issue and the ability to sell players can play a major part in a club's survival.

"With the current problems surrounding television money it is even more important to have that possible revenue available to the club, although it is vital even if we still had the TV deal.

"Sell one player and a struggling club can rescue itself. Each season I look at the accounts of all the first division one clubs and every single one refers to selling players in order to balance books."

Watson is unsure of what the positive aspects are in relation to FIFA'S proposal to impose domestic transfer windows.

"I just can't see any upsides to it," he said. "All they seem to want to do is make things the same across Europe but I have no idea why."

Ironically, Burnley boss Stan Ternent would be among those least affected by the change as he has never been known for doing a lot of business throughout the season.

In the last campaign he brought in Tony Grant and Robbie Blake while selling John Mullin, far less activity than at most clubs in the division.

The plans for a transfer window were backed last week by Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson

But yesterday a meeting of Premier League chairmen came out in favour of the Football Association mounting a "full and vigorous campaign to bring all their influence to bear on football's world governing body before the start of next season".

The Premier League say they are "reluctantly being forced" to implement the proposals but their lower league counterparts have claimed they will defy any such restrictions on transfer activity because of the financial implications they could have in the wake of the ITV Digital crisis.

A Premier League spokesman said: "The Premier League has always supported the Football League over this issue, but as things stand we are reluctantly being forced to implement FIFA's rules on transfer windows.

"We have therefore charged the FA with responsibility to use the position and influence they have on FIFA committees, and as a national association, to mount a full blooded lobbying campaign to get these rules changed.

"They will receive our full support in attempting to ensure that a dual system is put in place."

The Premier League are in favour of a dual system where transfer windows can be imposed on deals between clubs of different countries.

But they, along with the League and the Professional Footballers' Association, are against windows being imposed on domestic deals between clubs in the same country.