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Richard Masters insists 'everyone wants to improve' VAR next season

Premier League chief Richard Masters has given his vow of support for VAR after the technology was voted to continue it's stay in England's top-flight and claimed 'everyone wants to improve it'.

Wolves wanted other teams to join them in calling for VAR to be scrapped after they felt unjustly treated by decisions that had gone against them in several matches across the season.

However, they were eventually outvoted 19-1 as Wolves failed to garner any support from rival teams who had previously raised similar issues with the way officials were using the technology.

Numerous apologies were dished out to teams during the last Premier League campaign for incorrect decisions that had been made by referees and those tasked with VAR at Stockley Park.

A vote between the 20 competing Premier League clubs in June opted to keep the video review technology in place

Improvements are now set to be made to the technology with a semi-automated offside system being introduced for the upcoming season that gets started when Man United host Fulham on Friday evening.

Masters admitted that key issues with VAR need to be resolved and cited the huge wait times experienced by supporters when reviews were being conducted as a top priority.

'Everyone wants to improve it,' said Masters when delivering his verdict on VAR's practicality.

'The things we need to resolve are the length of delays and the supporter experience in the stadium.

'We've got semi-automated offsides coming in at some point this season when it is ready and we're doing other things we think will help with supporter experience.

'We would like to do more and we're trying to work with IFAB and FIFA to expand the experience for supporters in the stadium,' he added.

Players and clubs are keen to see the wait times that VAR causes reduced and the advancement of new technology is expected to bring down delays by up to 31 seconds on average.

Source: dailymail.co.uk

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