🚨 JUST IN: The Premier League will look to clamp down on soft penalties in the season ahead. Attackers are set to benefit from the scrapping of so-called ‘toenail’ offsides.
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🚨 Referees’ chief Mike Riley says the bar for awarding fouls and spot-kicks for lower-body contact will be raised following feedback from players, coaches and chief executives gathered in a March survey.
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🚨 On-field officials and VAR officials will be told to establish clear contact, whether it has a consequence and whether an attacking player has tried to use that contact to win a penalty.
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