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Football League clubs reject Greg Dyke's 'B league' proposal

Football League clubs reject Greg Dyke's proposal of a 'B league' by claiming that there is "no appetite" for the division.

Football League clubs have rejected the controversial proposal put forward by Football Association chairman Greg Dyke to create a separate league for Premier League 'B teams'.

Dyke's commission recently announced plans to introduce a division below League Two in a bid to improve the homegrown contingent in the top flight of English football.

However, Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey has revealed that there is "no appetite" to go ahead with the proposal, but not all of Dyke's points were dismissed.

"Whilst it's fair to say there is no appetite amongst clubs for the use of B teams or strategic loan partnerships in the football pyramid, they did share his overriding concern about the development of young English footballers and supported a number of the report's other recommendations," BBC Sport quotes Harvey as saying.

A number of Premier League managers, including Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers and his Everton counterpart Roberto Martinez, backed Dyke's notion.

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FA Chairman Greg Dyke during a media conference on September 4, 2013
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