The Premier League are reportedly set to bring in a number of new rules ahead of the new season, including big changes to the amount of stoppage time added at the end of games.
The 2023-24 Premier League season is set to begin on Friday, 11th of August with champions Man City facing off against Burnley.
And according to Sky Sports, we could now see lengthier incidents of stoppage time added onto games, just as we saw at the 2022 World Cup, where games regularly got an extra ten minutes or more.
It could take some getting used to, but it’s fair to say that it seems like a move in the right direction and should have some impact on teams time-wasting.
New referee guidelines for the Premier League and EFL will see a crackdown on time-wasting and dissent, with World Cup-style amounts of injury-time ⌛
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) July 31, 2023
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The report also adds that referees are set to be stricter on managers staying in their technical areas, though they could be more lenient on physical challenges by players.
Another interesting change seems to be that players will now be booked if they are deemed to be crowding the referee, with the Premier League clearly keen to take stronger action on this kind of behaviour.
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