League want video assistance for refs

The Premier League want FIFA to introduce video replays to help referees decide if the ball has crossed the goal-line.

The International Football Board, which controls the laws of the game, will meet in January and consider a proposal from the Premier League, who also hope to extend the use of technology to cover off-the-ball incidents and penalty appeals.

“Ultimately, it’s a FIFA decision,” said Dan Johnson, spokesman for the Premier League in the Guardian.

“But what we are doing is putting together a paper which will go in front of the International Football Association Board in January and that will be backing the use of video technology for goal-line incidents.

“What we have said in addition to that is this leads to a debate where the game as a whole should consider where else it might be appropriate for video technology to be used.”