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Arsene Wenger 'set to press on with plans to introduce radical amendment to the offside rule' - with the former Arsenal boss 'keen on football adopting the law change ASAP'

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Arsene Wenger is reportedly set to move forward with his radical proposal to amend the offside rule after positive trials.

The former Arsenal boss, now FIFA's chief of global football development, first discussed his idea to introduce the 'daylight' principle to offsides in 2020.

This would mean that a player is onside if any part of their body that can score a goal is behind or level with the relevant defender. The proposition was backed by FIFA president Gianni Infantino who said he was 'certainly in favour of discussing a new way of looking at the offside rule.