UEFA president Michel Platini has backed the FA's plan to increase the number of homegrown players in Premier League squads.
Eight locally produced players is the current number required for top flight English clubs but FA chairman Greg Dyke feels it would benefit British football to escalate that to 12, giving them the chance to unearth more budding superstars.
Platini, who won his third four-year term as UEFA president in Vienna on Tuesday night, believes Dyke's idea is clever and is eager for the rest of Europe to take it on board.
"This is a position we defend. We're not only talking about England, we're talking all of Europe. Mr Dyke's struggle is something we share and we agree with him," said the Frenchman.
"With the new leader of the European Commission, it is important we establish close relations to see how we can protect home-grown, grass-roots young players in the different countries.
"We share the same perspective. We will work hand in hand to defend an idea that we think is the right one.
"There is free flow of workers but there are some things that don't work well and we need to address it."
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