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Arsene Wenger Proposes Offside Rule Change Ahead of UEFA Euro 2020

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Former Arsenal manager and current FIFA head of global development Arsene Wenger has laid out his vision for a revised offside rule, and the changes could be made ahead of this summer's UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.

Per Sky Sports, Wenger advocated a less strict definition of the rule, in which any part of the body that can be used to legally score that is in line with the last defender would keep a player onside:

"You will not be offside if any part of the body that can score a goal is in line with the last defender, even if other parts of the attacker's body are in front.