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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp dismisses Marco van Basten proposals: ‘Is it a real idea? He can invent another game, football doesn’t need rule changes’

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has laughed off suggestions that the offside rule should be scrapped, insisting - ‘this game doesn’t need rule changes!’

Premier League managers have been having their say on controversial proposals put forward by FIFA’s new technical director and former Holland international Marco van Basten.#

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Van Basten's ideas to ‘improve the game’ include getting rid of the offside rule, replacing penalty shoot-outs with eight-second run-ups – seemingly inspired by hockey – and introducing orange cards to send players to sin-bins for ten minutes.