Villas-Boas claim is 'offensive'

Friday 20 January 2012 20:00 EST

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The Football League have called Andres Villas-Boas' suggestion that the top clubs be allowed to field reserve sides in the Championship "offensive".

Chief operating officer Andy Williamson said: "The suggestion that Football League clubs should become feeders to a handful of elite clubs is frankly offensive to the hundreds of thousands of people that watch competitive professional football in our competition every weekend."

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