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Premier League clubs have confirmed the re-introduction of a five substitutes rule from the start of next season.

However, the prospect of another truncated season – with the Premier League due to lose seven weeks of the 2022-23 campaign to accommodate the mid-season winter World Cup in Qatar – has persuaded the rebels to come onboard. However, the Premier League has compiled data on the potential benefits to player welfare, which has been shared with clubs. In October, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), who make the laws of the game, recommended that five substitutions be implemented permanently in the sport but some Premier League clubs argued that it gives an unfair advantage to those with deeper squads.

The EPL announced major rule changes that will come into play starting from the next season, during the Premier League Shareholders meeting on Thursday.

“Other key updates include the removal of the requirement for clinical passports to access previously restricted areas at training grounds and on matchdays as the Premier League returns to business-as-usual operations. Starting from April 4, the bi-weekly COVID-19 testing of players and staff will be halted and will be replaced with symptomatic testing only. From next season, clubs will be permitted to use five substitutions.

Premier League clubs have voted in favour of reintroducing the use of five substitutes per game from the start of the 2022-23 season.

Better teams have better rosters, but they also have a better XI. I like, with the way we play, more fresh players on the pitch than fewer." "More playing time for the players. "It helps the game.

Match highlights of every Premier League game this season to be shown on the Sky Sports website and app; watch Manchester United vs Leicester, ...

Palace are a tough nut to crack at home, but do have a tendency of starting very slowly in matches. Since the Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White and Gabriel axis was formed four games into the season, Arsenal have scored 14 first-half goals in their last 11 away Premier League matches. Arsenal have won their last five Premier League away games, scoring 14 goals and have led at the break in their last six - the only blip being the second-half collapse at Everton.

Can Liverpool make it 10 wins in a row vs Watford? Is Man Utds Leicester clash must-win? Will Patrick Vieira come back to haunt Arsenal?

Arsenal have been good against the sides they should beat, and this is a game they should really win, but this one does look a tough proposition, and Vieira will be looking to impress against the club that helped to make him in English football." I know they are away from home against a very good West Ham side, but this is a weekend where Watford play Liverpool and Burnley play Man City. So, you'd expect those two sides to struggle and that could leave the door open for Everton, who could go six points clear of the drop zone with a win." It will be interesting to see whether this new-look Newcastle defence can deal with the threat of Kane and Son." "So, Howe has done a really impressive job on the field and that defensive record is really impressive. I can see this being a huge test for the Gunners." How are they going to get the ball to Richarlison? How are they going to create chances? "However, he has taken a lot of players that either were not in Bruce's plans or who were not playing well under Bruce, and he has turned them into key players. He has been one of their better players in recent weeks and will be crucial if Everton are to beat the drop. "It's similar to Liverpool's situation and their chase for the title. "Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who was the club's top scorer last season, has barely featured all season and he only has three league goals to his name in this campaign. "You just wonder whether those two games have given Leeds the momentum they need to stay out of the relegation battle. "I think Chelsea, the team, deserve plenty of credit for what they have done since Roman Abramovich announced he was selling the club.

The figure is almost exactly the same as the previous year's, with fees paid to agents and intermediaries going up from £272220223 to £272559227, ...

Brentford fans will be pleased to see they have spent just £3.5m on agents' fees in the last year, which would represent fine business if they manage to stay up. Still, though, the Merseyside club found a way to spend £11.5m on agents last year. Watford fans will be furious to find out they spent £12.6m on agents' fees in the last year - placing them seventh overall and behind only the Big Six - only to find themselves languishing in the drop zone. The England star's agent is Jonathan Barnett. The Blues had spent £35m on agents' fees in the previous year after splashing out £222m on new players in the summer of 2020. Manchester United are the second-biggest spenders, having forked out more than £29m to agents in a year in which they signed Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane.

The switch to five subs—up from three—brings the Premier League in line with other major competitions in Europe. The league had used five subs as a temporary ...

A total of nine substitutes can be named on the team sheet.” - The USMNT’s World Cup Qualifying Timeline of Redemption The switch to five subs—up from three—brings the Premier League in line with other major competitions in Europe.

So far this season, players and staff have been tested twice a week, with those testing positive being unavailable for matches. But from April 4, they will only ...

The change was announced on Thursday after a meeting between Premier League shareholders. The Premier League has announced a significant change to its COVID testing procedure. New Premier League COVID Testing Procedure Announced

LONDON (AP) — Premier League teams will be able to use five substitutions per game beginning next season in a change announced following Thursday's ...

The switch to five subs — up from three — brings the Premier League in line with other major competitions in Europe.

The switch to five subs — up from three — brings the Premier League in line with other major competitions in Europe. “From next season, clubs will be permitted to use five substitutions, to be made on three occasions during a match, with an additional opportunity at halftime. The league had used five subs as a temporary measure when play resumed in 2020 following the league's mid-season suspension because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Harry Maguire can build on England display, N'Golo Kanté faces the league's best ball-winner and a character test for Everton.

Arteta is upbeat on the chances of Bukayo Saka being fit to play after recovering from Covid, while Vieira is hoping for good news on the hamstring injury that kept Wilfried Zaha out of Ivory Coast’s Wembley meeting with England. These late fitness tests look likely to have a significant impact on Monday’s match – and Arteta would dearly love to have Saka available. The question of whether the players are all ready to pull in the same direction – and ready to fight for Lampard – looks likely to be answered in the coming week. Watkins and John McGinn both scored on international duty for England and Scotland respectively, while Jacob Ramsey got his name on the scoresheet with a thunderbolt for England Under-21s against Andorra. Despite the mugging they were subjected to in October’s reverse fixture, Villa’s confidence is likely to be high going into this West Midlands derby against a side that have had two weeks to put the trauma of their last-gasp defeat by Leeds behind them. Aston Villa were unimpressive in defeat at the hands of Arsenal in their most recent top-flight fixture, a game in which Danny Ings was dropped to make room for an additional midfielder in Emi Buendía. With the Wolves manager, Bruno Lage, favouring a back three, Ings is likely to return to partner Ollie Watkins up front, where the pair will be tasked with creating spaces in which Philippe Coutinho can work his magic. Harry Kane pulled the strings that day, form he carried into a match-winning performance for England against Switzerland, and if the forward can continue to dovetail with Son Heung-min as effectively as he has been recently, Champions League qualification is entirely achievable for fifth-placed Spurs. Arsenal currently occupy fourth – three points ahead of Antonio Conte’s men with a match in hand – but are faced with a tougher run-in that includes trips to Chelsea, West Ham and Spurs, and a home game against Manchester United. A Contefied Tottenham appear to have every chance of overhauling their north London rivals. Maguire may be happy to see that his old teammate Jamie Vardy will be missing due to a knee injury: Vardy has the sort of pace that can expose Maguire when turned, but the defender’s form for the national side shows what he is capable of as part of a well-coached and cohesive team.

Premier League clubs will be allowed to make five substitutions each game from next season, mirroring what most other competitions are doing throughout ...

The most important thing is it can manage the workload of players better. "It means you don’t slow the game down too much and it gives players the opportunity to be on the pitch and gives options to change and refresh the game. From the 2022/23 season, five substitutions will be able to be made on three occasions during a match, including an additional opportunity at half-time, with a maximum of nine replacements named on the bench - the same as is currently available.

Very rarely will you have heard Namibian rugby union and Cornish rugby league mentioned in the same breath: but then again, very few people have a story to ...

But with the club promising a sustainable approach, this project is perhaps more geared towards long-term benefits for rugby league, with development programmes already being put in place to attract future rugby league players in Cornwall. “For some of them, this is going to be their first game of rugby league. “It was important we didn’t just go all-out and bring in a squad that had no connection with the region at all, though it means we’ll have to work harder on the field. “It was really important that it wasn’t a team of one or the other,” Rob Butland, one of the men behind the project, explains. “The real attraction was the fact it’s a start-up and I can help mould a club in my image, but also the region. This Saturday, Kelly begins arguably the most intriguing challenge of his rugby career as he takes charge of Cornwall in their inaugural match as a rugby league club.

Beginning in the 2022-23 season, Premier League clubs will be allowed five substitutes in a match, with the bench expanding to nine players from the current ...

Opponents of the rule change say that a move from three to five subs benefits the richest and biggest clubs more than it does the rest of the league, as they are more likely to have deeper and better benches. From next season, clubs will be permitted to use five substitutions. Beginning in the 2022-23 season, Premier League clubs will be allowed five substitutes in a match, with the bench expanding to nine players from the current seven.

Fans always argue about which Premier League teams get the better of the VAR decisions, and this season we aim to find the definitive answer.

One decision that did go against them was the disallowed goal at Burnley when the score was 1-1, and that cost them two points. ESPN brings you the VAR Effect Table. We've taken all 94 VAR decisions in the Premier League so far this season and calculated how they might have changed the outcome of matches. Eddie Howe's team, once one of the favourites for relegation, shoot up four places into the top half of the table after seeing their points total increase by five. This takes into account league position, and a team's goal-scoring and defensive records across the season. They then gained two when their 2-2 home draw against Burnley is calculated as a 4-0 victory as Sadio Mane had a goal ruled out by the VAR for handball when the score was already 2-0 to Liverpool. Everton can also feel hard done by with VAR, as they climb away from the drop zone. If a penalty has been cancelled, it is considered to have been awarded and scored, unless the team in question has a penalty-conversion record below 50% over the season. Watford were losing at Everton when Joshua King's goal was allowed due to an incorrect offside flag. It's not just about the number of times a team gets a favourable VAR call or about how many goals are affected. That City win is a defeat without VAR. (Think of it like a Marvel timeline, or the plot of any time travel movie.) If below 50%, a penalty may be judged to have been missed.

History was made on Wednesday as 91553 fans packed into Camp Nou -- the largest football stadium in Europe -- to watch the second leg of the UEFA Women's ...

You LOVE to see it." Hopefully it's not the last time we're doing this." "The fans [are] not leaving for home, they're just staying to celebrate with us.

A crowd of 91533 at the Camp Nou saw Barcelona recover from 2-1 down against Real Madrid to win their Women's Champions League quarter-final second leg 5-2 ...

It was the first time Madrid had been in the area and it would be the last time in the half too, the rondo re-established. Well, yes, but it was Barcelona’s – back in the lead inside five minutes. Right now it is possible to imagine that this team cannot be beaten either, after a night when they actually trailed but still demonstrated the qualities that set them apart. The finest side in Europe delivered a performance that will never be forgotten on a stage that has never been beaten. No game has had more people in it all season – and that includes the men’s clásico. No game has had more goals either, Barcelona tested but ultimately too good. They haven’t had a night quite like this here for a long time, maybe ever, ending it elated.

Barcelona set a world-record attendance for a women's match in Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid at Camp Nou.

"This can be the start of a new era," Putellas said in a news conference ahead of the game. In the Primera Division, they have won all 25 of their matches, scoring 138 goals and conceding just seven. "At the end of the match I had to hold my tears back because this is just too crazy," Barcelona winger Caroline Graham Hansen told reporters afterward.

Barcelona broke the women's attendance record as 91553 fans watched them come from behind to beat bitter rivals Real Madrid 5-2 at Camp Nou on Wednesday and ...

"I’m speechless. Caroline Hansen rounded off the scoring in what was an electrifying match. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

* Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has been directly involved in 11 goals in seven Premier League matches against Watford, scoring nine and setting up two. * Liverpool ...

Only twice has a club had two players reach double figures while aged 21 or younger in a single Premier League campaign. * Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 12 Premier League goals this season. * West Ham have lost two of their last three Premier League outings (W1), as many as they had in their previous nine. * Wolves have won three of their last five Premier League games against Villa (D1 L1), as many as they had in their previous 26 top-flight meetings with Villa. * Leeds have lost only one of their 13 Premier League home matches against Southampton (W7 D5), with that loss coming in 1998. * Kai Havertz has scored four goals in his last three Premier League matches for Chelsea, as many as he had in his previous 21.

Teams have voted against the introduction of five substitutes on three occasions in the past two years, leaving England's top flight as with the only top‑level ...

Klopp, for instance, has had a habit of contrasting the demands placed on his Liverpool squad with those faced by relegation-threatened Burnley, who are among the clubs thought to have voted against the change. Before Christmas, Klopp used Sean Dyche’s side as an example of how some clubs play significantly fewer games once international fixtures are taken into consideration and he returned to the same theme prior to the current international break. It is believed a change in the law could be agreed in principle before full implementation next season.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — When Xavi Hernández returned as Barcelona coach four months ago, the team he had helped lead to greatness as a player was struggling ...

Barcelona hosts a Sevilla team that is on the slide. It has required a lot of work, a lot of practice, watching videos, trying to improve.” Madrid was without top scorer Karim Benzema for the Barcelona loss after he injured his left leg nearly three weeks ago. “We still have hope (of winning the title) and will keep it alive until the end,” Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets told Catalan radio RAC1 on Wednesday. “We will have to win our games and see what happens. This is the mentality that we need to have to keep alive our chances.” Barcelona also has one more game to play than its league rivals.

Women's football celebrated a milestone when a world-record crowd of more than 91000 people watched Barcelona defeat Real Madrid at the Camp Nou.

The previous club record was 60,739 in a Spanish league match between Atlético Madrid and Barcelona at Atlético’s Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in 2019. The Camp Nou has a 99,000-capacity. It was incredible.”

Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp have been big advocates of implementing five subs.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Previously several Premier League clubs have been against the move to increase the number of substitutions during matches from three to five, but a change appears likely to occur. Premier League clubs look set to be allowed to make five substitutions from the start of next season, according to reports.

Barcelona beat Real Madrid 5-2, but the more important number was the 91553 fans in attendance as Camp Nou hosted a spectacle for women's football.

There was something about the wait for the attendance figure -- much longer than at a typical game -- that made it feel even more significant, a grand reveal. "The atmosphere was brutal," Giraldez said. It was still loads, and it was still loud. She knew how far they had travelled, recalling late night training sessions with poor facilities, a game that was far from professional, but still not far enough in the past. But also enough jeopardy to give the feeling that this was a contest, Madrid certainly playing their part. Filling the ground was a mission, a challenge, a kind of collective endeavour. Wednesday's game was the third time they have scored five goals in seven Champions League games; they have scored four twice. Once the sales had been confirmed, everyone knew a record was possible. And that's super-cool, something to show the world," Ingrid Engen had said the day before. It was the biggest crowd a women's game had ever drawn to a stadium in Spain, beating the previous record -- when Barcelona visited Atletico in 2019 -- by over 30,000. "We're talking about selling out the stadium in three days, and two months before the game." This was the biggest crowd Camp Nou had seen all season, bigger than the men's Clasico, and by more than 5,000.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — When Xavi Hernández returned as Barcelona coach four months ago, the team he had helped lead to greatness as a player was struggling ...

Barcelona hosts a Sevilla team that is on the slide. It has required a lot of work, a lot of practice, watching videos, trying to improve.” Madrid was without top scorer Karim Benzema for the Barcelona loss after he injured his left leg nearly three weeks ago. “We still have hope (of winning the title) and will keep it alive until the end,” Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets told Catalan radio RAC1 on Wednesday. “We will have to win our games and see what happens. This is the mentality that we need to have to keep alive our chances.” Barcelona also has one more game to play than its league rivals.

A stakeholders meeting took place on Thursday 31 March 2022 with a number of clubs voting to change the rule and allow up to five substitutions per game.

“From 4 April, the League will remove twice-weekly Covid-19 testing of players and staff and move to symptomatic testing only. We are the only top league that has not adopted that rule. It’s essential that we go again for five subs.” This is purely a question of player welfare. “If we can make changes, we will do that. At least 10-top flight clubs initially rejected the proposal.

Premier League clubs have voted in favour of being able to field five substitutes per game from the start of the 2022-23 season.

"The wellbeing of players and staff remains a priority and the Premier League will continue to monitor the national COVID-19 situation and adapt League-wide protocols as required, in line with the latest guidance from public health authorities and medical experts," Thursday's statement said. Top-flight clubs had been allowed to increase the number of substitutes from three to five per match in the 2019-20 campaign when the league restarted in June after a three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier League clubs have voted in favour of reintroducing the use of five substitutes per game from the start of the 2022-23 season.

Premier League shareholders agree to change the rules relating to the use of substitutes, allowing five to be used from next season.

A Premier League statement said: "The wellbeing of players and staff remains a priority and the Premier League will continue to monitor the national Covid-19 situation and adapt league-wide protocols as required, in line with the latest guidance from public health authorities and medical experts." In addition, the Premier League will remove twice-weekly testing of players and staff from 4 April and move to symptomatic testing only. At a shareholder meeting of all 20 Premier League clubs, it was also confirmed that this summer's transfer window will open on 10 June and will close at 23:00 BST on 1 September, in line with other European leagues.

Premier League clubs have voted in favour of allowing five substitutions per team from next season. Managers including Liverpool's Jürgen Klopp have been ...

The league said on Monday that in its most recent round of tests, between 21 and 27 March, 1,388 players and staff had been tested for Covid and that there had been 22 new positive results. In another change confirmed at the shareholders’ meeting, the Premier League is to drop compulsory twice-weekly testing for Covid. From 4 April, testing will be required only on players or staff who are symptomatic. However after a winter in which most teams were forced to play with squads ravaged by Covid and injury, there was this time a majority sufficient to pass the measure.

Premier League clubs will be able to make five substitutions from the 2022/23 season after they belatedly agreed to the rule change on Thursday.

"All around the world there is five substitutions. Klopp even accused Premier League CEO Richard Masters of a "lack of leadership" over the matter, saying: "It's not an advantage, it's a necessity." "From next season, clubs will be permitted to use five substitutions, to be made on three occasions during a match, with an additional opportunity at half-time," the Premier League said in a statement.

Premier League clubs vote in favour of five substitutes per match; five subs were originally introduced in May 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic; ...

"The best league in the world, and the most intense league in the world, is the only league with still three subs. They are fantastic clubs in their own right, they have got amazing histories and a lot of prowess in football. So most things are pushed forward by the big clubs in the division. I will demand, if the people allow, we have to come back to five substitutions. "We don't protect the players, and that's why it's a disaster. "A lot of football often does. "We have to put the competition aside and don't say that Man City has better subs than Burnley or whatever," said the German. "Yes that's probably true. "It's clear to me that the number of games being played is directly affecting players' health and wellbeing. If not, it's difficult to sustain it." Other key updates include the removal of the requirement for clinical passports to access previously restricted areas at training grounds and on match days as the Premier League returns to business-as-usual operations. The league also announced a change to Covid-19 testing, with only symptomatic individuals to be tested from Monday. A total of nine substitutes can be named on the team sheet.

Premier League clubs are set to take a significant step towards the introduction of five substitutes for next season.

However, the prospect of another truncated season – with the Premier League due to lose seven weeks of the 2022-23 campaign to accommodate the mid-season winter World Cup in Qatar – has persuaded the rebels to come onboard. However, the Premier League has compiled data on the potential benefits to player welfare, which has been shared with clubs. In October, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), who make the laws of the game, recommended that five substitutions be implemented permanently in the sport but some Premier League clubs argued that it gives an unfair advantage to those with deeper squads.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola were both critics of not adopting the changes for the current domestic league campaign ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Premier League clubs have agreed to allow five substitutions from the start of next season following Thursday’s shareholders meeting. Premier League clubs vote to allow five substitutes from start of next season

Premier League clubs will be allowed to make five substitutions each game from next season, mirroring what most other competitions are doing throughout ...

The most important thing is it can manage the workload of players better. "It means you don’t slow the game down too much and it gives players the opportunity to be on the pitch and gives options to change and refresh the game. From the 2022/23 season, five substitutions will be able to be made on three occasions during a match, including an additional opportunity at half-time, with a maximum of nine replacements named on the bench - the same as is currently available.

Hull FC will take on Wigan Warriors at the DW Stadium tomorrow night, with Leeds Rhinos and St Helens the Friday night game on Sky Sports. Another six teams all ...

Salford, meanwhile, went down to Wigan last Friday night, meaning the Red Devils have won just one of their last five games. Hull KR booked their place in the Challenge Cup Quarter-Finals last week whilst Warrington crashed out due to a loss at home against Wakefield. The Wolves have lost four games in a row going into this one at Craven Park on Friday night, whilst KR have won two of their last three. Probably one of the hardest to call this weekend sees Wakefield host Salford at Belle Vue with Trinity in great form, having won their last three games. The Friday night Sky Sports game sees Leeds Rhinos take on St Helens. When the TV schedule was announced at the start of the season, no one would really have predicted Leeds to be so far down in the Super League table. Catalans, meanwhile, will have Benjamin Jullien back from concussion, though there is still no place for the injured Arthur Mourgue or Julian Bousquet. Huddersfield may just pip the Dragons here, but it will be very close. However, Castleford have won just one league game and one cup game this campaign so far, but they looked much improved against Leeds last weekend.

Follow all of the action from the DW Stadium as Round 7 of the Super League regular season gets underway with the Warriors hosting Hull FC; watch live on ...

Yet Guardiola himself has stated his team needs a centre-forward, and speculation linking Borussia Dortmund superstar Erling Haaland continues to mount. It ...

He likes to play on the biggest stages and it is difficult to find players like that in top clubs." The Liverpool games are less of a cut-and-dried issue. Sterling has attempted 31 tackles to Mahrez’s 17 this season, amounting to per-90 averages of 1.37 and 0.82. We struggle together because I know the quality that he has," the Catalan said last month. Mahrez is now gunning for a fourth winners’ medal in England’s top flight, and any trophy City lift come May is likely to have his prints all over it. After an interminable VAR delay, Mahrez confidently strode forward to dispatch a nerveless penalty beyond Marwin Hitz before Phil Foden sealed the victory. Manchester City have played the majority of the past two seasons without a recognised striker. His record with Leicester had also been patchy. On the biggest occasions, that cutting edge can prove decisive. Yet Guardiola himself has stated his team needs a centre-forward, and speculation linking Borussia Dortmund superstar Erling Haaland continues to mount. Meanwhile, Mahrez is also more effective on the dribble, winning 51% of his take-ons in the league this term, to his rival's 42%. Better was to come in the semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain. Back in the city of his birth, the winger squeezed a free-kick through the wall to give Guardiola’s men a 2-1 away win and they rammed home that advantage with a 2-0 triumph back in Manchester.