PFA chairman Ritchie Humphreys says the players ' union supports Greg Dyke 's proposals to increase homegrown talent in the Premier League . Dyke – the FA chairman who also heads the commission tasked with improving the national team – revealed this week that he wants to increase the minimum number of homegrown players in club squads from eight to 12 . He also wants to redefine 'homegrown ' as three years spent at a club before a player 's 18th birthday , not his 21st as it currently stands . PFA chairman Ritchie Humphreys pictured playing for Chesterfield in the Johnstone 's Paint Trophy . And Humphreys , who is also a member of the FA Commission , told Sportsmail : 'Any foreign player who comes to this country we welcome to the Union . 'But we also have a duty of care to our national game and to homegrown players and their development . 'Everything we are working towards on the FA Commission is with the aim of making our national side more competitive at elite level . 'The PFA supports that . We want to see homegrown players – such as Harry Kane – given that chance at first-team level . Greg Dyke 's proposals to increase homegrown talent in the Premier League has been backed by Humphreys . Dyke wants to redefine 'homegrown ' as three years spent at a club before a player 's 18th birthday . 'The proposals will make clubs think differently about recruitment and will hopefully see more homegrown players given game-time . ' I got my opportunity when I was 18 at Sheffield Wednesday in the Premier League . I probably had a bit of good fortune as well , but the opportunity was there and we want that pathway to be there for players of this generation . 'The best foreign players will still play in the Premier League – this does not mean no foreign players , far from it . 'But there were 83 non-homegrown players who played less than 10 games last season , and we feel that number could be reduced . '
FA chairman Greg PFA wants to increase the minimum number of homegrown players in club squads from eight to 12 . PFA also wants to redefine 'homegrown ' as three years spent at a club before the player turns 18 - not 21 as it current is . Dyke chairman Ritchie Humphreys has backed the proposals .