Greg Dyke risks strengthening Premier League with English player project | David Conn

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The early signs for the FA chairman's bid to encourage top clubs to use more homegrown talent do not augur well for its success
• Danny Mills the leftfield choice on FA's commission

The early signs for Greg Dyke's Football Association commission into the declining number of English footballers playing for Premier League teams are sadly, in a nutshell, not encouraging. The FA's new chairman, the tiggerish former journalist, was straining at his own resolve to say little of note at the Leaders in Football conference, and in a generally emollient speech, did acknowledge he is disappointed that the Premier League declined to be part of the commission.

"I do not think they are right," he said. "I think it's a shame, but I can understand why."

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