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like the World Cup-style, The Premier League will use VAR starting in the upcoming season.
Despite being implemented by elite clubs in Uefa competitions, semi-automated offside technology and its “limb-tracking” cameras were voted down by club executives last summer.
Fifa deployed the “full” version in Qatar 2022, which has cameras tracking 29 different body areas on each player in addition to a chip in the match ball.
On Saturday, when Newcastle defeated Arsenal, the technology would have determined almost instantly whether Anthony Gordon was offside. However, it would not have determined whether the ball was out of play prior to it being crossed in.
It would have allowed the VAR to concentrate on Harry Maguire’s involvement prior to Manchester United’s goal against Fulham being disallowed earlier that day.
Rather, they needed to ascertain whether Alejandro Garnacho was offside initially.
Chelsea would have won at Spurs if the system had expedited many offside calls.
The update, which features 3D computer-generated films to show offside calls, has been implemented in Italy this season and has been given the go-ahead by LaLiga in Spain to be used the next season.
In June, the Prem defended continuing with the status quo by claiming that technology will probably advance so quickly that the system would be outdated by the end of the season.
However, it seems that they have had a change of heart.
One problem is that the Prem has a long-term agreement with Nike, but the Fifa system, created by Munich-based Kinexon, was only intended to function with an Adidas ball.
According to Fifa sources, Kinexon is open to collaborating with other manufacturers, but extensive testing would be necessary to make sure the sensor functions with a different ball.
The Prem may use the Uefa-style SAOT in the interim, utilizing the cameras but omitting the chip.
However, SunSport has been informed that Prem executives have already had conversations with several businesses that may offer such chip-in-ball technology.
“It’s obvious we couldn’t bring SAOT in during a season,” stated one of the sources.
“We are currently looking at this for next season, but it would be incorrect to put a time frame on it.”
WORLD CUP-STYLE VAR
How it would work:
- Each ground will have up to 12 special cameras with limb-tracking technology.
- These will focus on 29 goal-scoring body parts from every player on the pitch and will record their position 50 times per second.
- During the World Cup in Qatar, the microchip in the ball sent back data points 500 times every second to determine the precise instant it was played by an attacker OR a defender
- That allowed the computer technology to alert the VAR that a player was in an offside position when the ball was played
- But all decisions were then checked to ensure the attacker was interfering with play
- The average time for an offside call in Qatar was cut to 25 seconds per incident
- In future, a 3D animation will “show” the decision to fans in the stadium and via broadcasters, and this will be available by the next stoppage in play after the decision.
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