Almost certainly will.
Plenty of posts on this site about EGR blanking (many in the Croma forum).
However there is an official "restrictor plate", often referred to as a "bullet hole gasket" which substantially reduced EGR flow and thus crud getting into the inlet manifold.
Beyond the restrictor plate then you have three options.
1) keep cleaning the EGR valve
2) have EGR electronically removed via an ECU reprogram
3) do a fresh air EGR intake. (info in the Croma forum)