This week, clubs are to vote on VAR and whether to continue with it after so much controversy, after Wolves tabled a motion recently.
Wolves sent a formal resolution to the Premier League opposing VAR and its use in football, having been on the wrong end of a string of poor decisions in recent times.
Wanderers offered nine reasons against using VAR, and the club came in for a huge amount of praise from many neutrals for the stance they took.
Many shared Wolves’ views on the technology, believing it has changed football for the worse.
As a result of Wolves submitting a resolution, a vote is to take place among all 20 Premier League clubs, and that vote takes place this week at the AGM – and there is now word on how it is expected to go…
Premier League clubs set to vote to keep VAR after Wolves motion
The Telegraph have reported today that Premier League clubs are set to vote down Wolves’ proposal to have VAR scrapped.
14 out of the 20 teams are required to vote for Wolves’ proposal in order to get VAR scrapped.
But it looks as though Wolves have failed to drum up enough support, with the general feeling being that clubs want ‘evolution rather than revolution’.
Interestingly, three clubs are actually mentioned as being in favour of VAR – two of the ‘Big Six’ Liverpool, Manchester United and Julen Lopetegui’s West Ham United. They believe the system should stay, with improvements.
Should clubs vote to keep VAR then it will come as a frustrating blow to manager Gary O’Neil, who has made no secret of his dislike for it in 2024.
Chairman Jeff Shi, who issued a surprise statement after Wolves saw an equaliser chalked off by VAR against West Ham, will also not be happy.
Improvements are essential if VAR is to stay
It is disappointing to hear that clubs are intending to vote down Wolves’ proposal, despite some excellent points made by the club about VAR’s use.
So if VAR is going to be sticking around, then it needs drastically improving because we cannot have a repeat of last season where the standards were on the floor.
Plenty of other clubs as well as Wolves were stung several times by VAR decisions and it just cannot happen with so much riding on every game.
The system simply must be changed. Because the level of controversy last season in the Premier League was just far too high, and fans just cannot enjoy games in the same way anymore.