Premier League clubs have depth to cope with five subs rule – head of FIFPRO

Clubs will only be able to use three substitutes per match as it stands next season (Clive Brunskill/NMC Pool/PA)

Premier League sides have sufficient depth to cope with the five substitutes rule, insists the head of the world players’ union.

English top-flight clubs voted to adopt a temporary dispensation to the laws of the game to enable them to make up to five changes in the final part of the 2019-20 season played in June and July, following the suspension of competition due to the coronavirus pandemic.