Premier League clubs are facing a row over whether to carry on with the increased number of substitutes permitted during Project Restart into next season, with international lawmakers IFAB set to extend the provision to cover the whole of the 2020-21 campaign.
Aston Villa, Sheffield United, Bournemouth and West Ham all voted against the temporary change when it was debated at a Premier League shareholders’ meeting last month on the grounds that it would give an advantage to bigger clubs with deeper squads, a fear that has been borne out by results since the resumption.