Football’s lawmakers expected to clarify handball law on Friday

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin wrote to his FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino last October calling for the old text of the law to be reinstated

Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi, right, was not penalised for handball in his side’s match against Manchester United last Sunday. Picture: PA

Further clarification on the handball law is expected from the game’s lawmakers on Friday.

Attempts by the International Football Association Board to provide a more “precise and detailed” definition of the offence over the last two years have not succeeded in making handball decisions any less controversial, with last weekend’s incident involving Callum Hudson-Odoi in the Chelsea versus Manchester United match a good case in point.