Premier League clubs fear key VAR update set for long delay amid glitch concern

The Premier League announced backmost successful April that semi-automated offsides were acceptable to beryllium introduced into the part but changeless knockbacks person delayed the exertion from being introduced

Premier League clubs are fearing that a large VAR revamp mightiness beryllium delayed - perchance until NEXT SEASON.

It was announced backmost successful April that semi-automated offside exertion was owed to beryllium introduced this season. The technology is akin to that utilized astatine some the 2022 World Cup successful Qatar and Euro 2024 successful Germany.

It has besides been seen prominently successful the Champions League and Serie A implicit caller seasons. But the instauration of the exertion into the Premier League has been deed with changeless delays. The planetary breaks person travel and gone, with nary motion of the technology, portion it was announced precocious that much investigating was required, perchance meaning it could beryllium delayed until aft Christmas.

But it mightiness not beryllium seen astatine each this play aft fears implicit a caller glitch. According to The Sun, fears person grown aft an incidental successful Spain arsenic Robert Lewandowski was incorrectly ruled offside.

The Barcelona striker had scored against Real Sociedad, lone for a defender’s footwear to beryllium identified arsenic his own, meaning the onslaught was ruled out. And further investigating is present required to guarantee that further glitches bash not hap aft its instauration into the Premier League.

And arsenic a result, nine chiefs are anticipating that they volition beryllium told that the exertion volition not beryllium acceptable until aft the season’s end. It is simply a further embarrassing stroke for the Premier League this play aft a fig of refereeing controversies.

A connection announcing the exertion backmost successful April read: “At a Premier League Shareholders’ gathering today, clubs unanimously agreed to the instauration of Semi-Automated Offside Technology.

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“The caller strategy volition beryllium utilized for the archetypal clip successful the Premier League adjacent season, and it is anticipated the exertion volition beryllium acceptable to beryllium introduced aft 1 of the autumn planetary breaks.

“The exertion volition supply quicker and accordant placement of the virtual offside line, based connected optical subordinate tracking, and volition nutrient high-quality broadcast graphics to guarantee an enhanced in-stadium and broadcast acquisition for supporters.”

The Premier League person already agreed a woody with US institution Genius Sports to supply the technology. It is somewhat antithetic to that deployed by UEFA and FIFA successful the information it uses much than 10,000 information points via ‘mesh tracking’ by 28 peculiar cameras alternatively of limb and skeletal tracking to find offsides.

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