Drinks breaks and extra TV matches will be scrapped ahead of the next Premier League season. Though there is no sign of English football returning to pre-coronavirus normality, some special arrangements for this summer’s rearranged games will not be in place for future campaigns.
The temporary rule allowing teams to make five substitutions per fixture is set to stay for the whole of next season, but there will no longer be a set time for a drink, nor any way of watching certain matches, according to The Athletic’s David Ornstein.
Drinks breaks have been criticised for disrupting the flow of games, whatever the weather, and effectively acting as tactical timeouts, with Jose Mourinho admitting he sees them that way.
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