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Football League clubs 'disapprove' Greg Dyke's B League proposal

Football League clubs are expected to oppose Greg Dyke's controversial plans for a 'B League' at their summer meeting in Portugal on Thursday.

Football League clubs will reportedly oppose Greg Dyke's controversial plans for a 'B League' at their summer meeting in Portugal on Thursday.

FA chairman Dyke last month proposed that a new division be created between the Conference and League Two which would include a number of Premier League clubs' B teams in an effort to increase the number of homegrown players in the top flight.

High-profile Premier League managers such as Brendan Rodgers and Roberto Martinez have supported the proposals, but clubs in the Football League are less keen.

"There is a general consensus that it wouldn't work and would not be good for our club football either," Bradford City chairman Mark Lawn told PA.

"The FA need to go to the Premier League and say they can only have so many foreigners but they won't do it.

"The loan system as it is now works better."

Football League officials are believed to be readying an alternative proposal which would see some Premier League B teams play in an expanded Football League Trophy.

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