Top 5: Potential future rule changes in the Premier League

Video Technology

The experimentation with video technology and video referees in football has now been going on for a fair while and, after the successful introduction of goal-line technology, it could be the next major advancement in the beautiful game.

The technology is still in its trial stage and is currently part of a two-year experiment being run by the International Football Association Board.

The recent international friendly between France and Spain was the first time that the outcome of a high-profile match was changed by the technology and turned what would have been a 1-1 draw into a 2-0 win for Spain.

As part of the trial, the FA Cup next season will have video referees available from the third round as part but a final decision on the future of this will not be made until the IFAB Annual General Meeting in March 2018.

This means that the earliest we could see its introduction into the Premier League will be at the start of the 2018-19 season but, as things currently stand, there is certainly a strong possibility that everything will go according to plan.