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Premier League players agree to REDUCE the number of times they take the knee this season with a number of top-flight captains feeling that the gesture had run its course

Premier League players have agreed to reduce the number of times they take the knee next season.

Top-flight footballers are to continue with the anti-discrimination gesture during the 2022/23 campaign - which kicks off on Friday night when Crystal Palace host Arsenal.

However, players have decided not to take a knee before every match following talks led by the captains of all 20 Premier League clubs.

Premier League clubs have decided to reduce the number of times they take the knee

Instead, teams will only perform the act on specific occasions during the forthcoming campaign.

Those occasions will include the periods of the season during which the campaign No Room For Racism is active, the FA Cup and EFL Cup finals and the final match week of the season.