Southampton are firmly in favour of closing the transfer window before future Premier League seasons kick off, according to chairman Ralph Krueger.
The English Football League announced its clubs will discuss closing the summer window early following reports that top-flight clubs are pushing for the same decision.
It is understood the matter will be raised at next month's Premier League shareholders' board meeting, and Krueger has confirmed Saints will be among the clubs driving change.
Southampton, like several others, have started this season with a disgruntled key player and the Virgil van Dijk situation has only underlined to Krueger the need for the window to change.
Saints are determined to keep the defender, who has been linked with some of the league's richest clubs.
"I think that it's the system we need to look at, so we're a huge proponent of closing the transfer window before the season starts,'' Krueger told Press Association Sport.
"We're a huge proponent of looking at why these kind of situations even evolve.
"I don't see Virgil so much as a reason to put it all on him -- I think it is part of what is happening in football and it is happening in other clubs.
"I don't need to list them, you know there's other clubs that have similar situations, so it's not like we're the only one and I have to say the key is how [Southampton manager] Mauricio Pellegrino has dealt with the situation.
"He is a very strong leader and he has kept everybody on the job and focused, and he has even dealt with Virgil very well and they are communicating openly with each other.
"I don't see that as a problem personally -- and I will give him the most credit -- because of how Mauricio is actually processing this whole thing right now.
"The importance for us is who is in our team on Sep.1 and let's go.
"But right now, we're partially responsible for the fact that the transfer window is even still open, which is not good for the game.
"It is not good for the teams, it's not good for the managers, it's not good for the product.''
Krueger, a former head coach of the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers, has been chairman of Southampton since March 2014, dealing with his fair share of comings and goings over that time.
"We want to figure out a system where there's a fair win-win for players and the clubs, and this is what we're working towards,'' he said.
"I come from a system in North America where there's a players' association working together with the league to try to find the right way for everybody to profit in a healthy way so that the fan, at the end, gets the best possible product.
"Here I believe the fans get the best product if the window closes before the season starts, and we just need to communicate and work on it together with the players to find the right way for the Premier League.
"I think the Premier League is becoming bigger and bigger all the time.
"We're such a global entity, we are the number one league in the world and that responsibility also gives us the opportunity to make some decisions that will be better for the game in the long run, but it is going to take time.''
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, Swansea's Paul Clement and West Brom boss Tony Pulis are among those who have gone on record recently expressing frustration at transfer business lingering into the new campaign.
The EFL has reiterated its own preference for closing the window before the season kicks off and members will soon get the chance to debate changes.
An EFL spokesman said: "The EFL board and its clubs have previously expressed the opinion that closing the summer transfer window in advance of the season commencing would be an improvement on the current position.
"On this basis we will be tabling the matter for discussion with clubs in September. It will be important that all the consequences of such a decision are fully considered, as the requirements of our clubs are different to those in Europe's top-flight leagues.''
While a rule change at Premier League level requires a two-thirds majority approval, EFL regulations require a simple majority of those who cast a vote, as well as a majority within the Championship.