The Premier League will come under increased pressure to allow five substitutes per game after football's law-making body backed a proposal for the temporary rule to become permanent.
A proposal to make the increase from three to five substitutes permanent was strongly supported at a meeting of the International FA Board (IFAB) on Wednesday.
In a statement, the IFAB said: 'Following a number of requests from confederations, associations, leagues and other key stakeholders for this option to be introduced permanently in the Laws of the Game (2022/23 edition), FAP-TAP today recommended that competitions should be able to decide on increasing the number of substitutes according to the needs of their football environment, while the current number of substitution opportunities (three plus half-time) should stay the same.