Premier League managers have been warned they face touchline bans with clubs to be given bigger fines as part of an FA crackdown on criticism of referees.
Mail Sport has learned that the Premier League and EFL were informed of a tougher approach from the authorities at a meeting with the FA and Professional Game Match Officials Board [PGMOL] last week, with further talks on the subject planned for next week.
The Premier League and EFL launched a clampdown on players and managers showing dissent to referees during games before the start of the season, with the threshold for receiving yellow cards lowered and officials instructed to be stricter in policing behaviour in the technical area, a change in emphasis which the FA now wish to extend to cover post-match comments.