Premier League officials will add World Cup style amounts of injury-time to matches as part of directives for new season
Manchester United centre-back Raphael Varane has hit out at new referee directives on added time for stoppages and fears extended 100-minute matches will harm the physical and mental well-being of players.
Officials will add exact time lost to celebrations, substitutions, injuries, penalties and red cards, which was brought in during the World Cup last season when matches regularly went past the 100-minute mark.
At the Community Shield at the weekend, Arsenal equalised in the 101st minute at Wembley and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola joked that matches will end up being played until the following day.
“We had a meeting last week with the FA. They recommended from the referees new decisions and rules,” wrote Varane on his social media platforms.