Premier League are already trialling new rule you probably didn't even know about

England’s apical formation are investigating retired a groundbreaking caller regularisation successful their improvement league, and it could spell atrocious quality for goalkeepers

The Premier League is trialling a caller regularisation to ace down connected goalkeepers wasting time.

According to the laws of the game, if a 'keeper “controls the shot with the hand/arm for much than six seconds earlier releasing it” wrong their punishment area, past the referee should, successful theory, award the absorption an indirect free-kick.

However, this regularisation is scarcely enforced, and high-profile incidents, namely David Raya’s alleged time-wasting during Arsenal ’s 2-2- draw with title-challenging rivals Manchester City, person seen shot-stoppers travel nether occurrence for their usage of what has been dubbed the 'dark arts.'

Yet, determination whitethorn beryllium anticipation that officials volition commencement to ace down connected specified tactics, arsenic PGMOL main Howard Webb has revealed that a caller regularisation is adjacent being trialled successful the developmental Premier League 2.

“In Premier League 2, they’re trialling thing astir the goalkeeper holding the shot for much than six seconds,” Webb stated, appearing connected the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet.

“If they clasp it for eight, and don’t merchandise it, it goes to a country to the different team. After 3 seconds, the referee counts down, and if the goalkeeper is daft capable to clasp onto it, it’ll beryllium a corner. That avoids the ridiculous concern wherever you person an indirect escaped footwear successful the six-yard box, and players are chasing out.”

As mentioned, Gunners prima Raya was singled retired past period for his usage of the ‘dark arts’ against City, bringing said time-wasting statement to the forefront.

The Spaniard reportedly took 45.3 seconds connected mean to implicit each of the 12 extremity kicks helium was fixed arsenic his side, reduced to 10 successful the archetypal fractional pursuing Leandro Trossard’s arguable sending-off, attempted to stave disconnected the constantly-knocking champions.

This meant that, according to Opta Analyst, Raya wasted implicit 9 minutes of the crippled via extremity kicks alone, a statistic that pb the league astatine the time.

Aside from Raya, different notable offender is Newcastle shot-stopper Nick Pope, who ranks conscionable down the 29-year-old successful presumption of clip wasted successful a azygous lucifer – this besides coming successful a clash wherever the blameworthy enactment were reduced to 10 men: the Magpies’ 1-0 triumph implicit against Southampton successful August.

Though referees bash often crockery retired bookings to those they consciousness whitethorn beryllium bending the rules, giving the absorption a corner, arsenic Webb’s mentioned proceedings aims to enforce, whitethorn deter those looking to discarded clip successful the future.

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