IFAB to make decision over future of five substitutes option in March
Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Football’s lawmakers will decide in March whether to make the option of five substitutes per match permanent. The duration of the dispensation has been extended multiple times and already runs until the end of next year, but IFAB will decide at its annual general meeting in March whether to give competitions the option of five substitutes on a permanent basis. IFAB’s annual business meeting on Thursday also extended the trial of additional, permanent concussion substitutes by a year through to August 2023.
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