Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has thrown his support behind the controversial plans to introduce Premier League B teams into the Football League.

FA chairman Greg Dyke’s England Commission has called for a radical reshaping of the game in this country to help boost the number of homegrown players coming through.

The main proposal being put forward is the introduction of a new League Three in 2016-17 which would combine the top half of the Conference and ten Premier League B sides.

That idea has been met with widespread derision, but Rodgers insists it would be a step in the right direction.

“It is something I have thought for years should happen. I am a big advocate of it,” he said, speaking on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast.

“I have worked in development for nearly 15 years and there is a huge investment put into young players in this country and there’s a huge investment put into coaching. We are talking over £300million in coaching for young players to come through and yet we look at the numbers and the stats and they will tell you there is only 30 per cent of young players getting the opportunity [to play] in what is the most competitive league in the world.

“We have to find a way to give them the opportunities because as much as we have done with the fixture scheduling of Under-21s, it doesn’t bring the competitive nature that is required for you as a manager to assess a young player.

“People will talk about the tradition of the game here in this country but one of the things that’s most constant is change and you have to look at ways in which you can be better and give young players a chance.

“I think the B league, however it is formed, is something that is very important to give young players that competitive football.”