Premier League clubs vote to allow five substitutes from start of next season

Previously some top-flight clubs had expressed reservations over a move to five subs amid concerns it could favour those with stronger squad depth

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp had been an advocate of having the option of extra substitutes (Peter Byrne/PA)

Premier League clubs have agreed to allow five substitutions from the start of next season following Thursday’s shareholders meeting.

A temporary amendment to the rules had been implemented to increase the number of substitutions from three when football resumed in the summer of 2020 following its mid-season suspension because of the Covid-19 pandemic.