Premier League chief hits back at FA plan

LONDON: Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore on Friday claimed the Football Association would not be able to force through chairman Greg Dyke’s plan to increase the number of homegrown players in the top-flight.
Dyke is keen to bring in new regulations that would make it harder for Premier League clubs to sign non-European Union players, in the hope of increasing the number of homegrown players in Premier League squads from eight to 12.
But Scudamore claims clubs were told by Dyke at a meeting on Thursday that the FA could not impose the change.
“Two very important things came out of that meeting yesterday. Consultation - Greg committed the clubs to a full consultation on it,” he said.
“I know he’s done lots of media this week, but we haven’t actually seen his consultation document, we haven’t seen the process.”