THE Vanarama National League are scrapping transfer windows as from this coming season.

Previously, the league operated summer and winter windows, in line with the Premier League and Football League.

But the new ruling means that Eastleigh and their 23 league rivals will no longer be restricted to signing players until the end of August and throughout the month of January.

The changes, confirmed at the weekend’s annual meeting, means clubs are free to make signings right through until the end of March.

A statement from the VNL said: “There are a number of changes this coming season which alters the way the 24 clubs in the Vanarama National League will be required to operate in respect of player registrations.

There will be no longer be any `Transfer Window` in August or January and with the removal too of `Emergency Loans`, clubs will now be permitted to loan a player at any time during the season in line with those terms which have been applied with clubs in the Vanarama North and Vanarama South.

“There will still be a limitation on the number of loans and no club will be able to name more than five players in any one competition fixture.”