The Premier League's chief football officer since 2022, Scholes said the league "wasn't in the best place" with VAR after a controversial call in last season's Tottenham-Liverpool game – a goal incorrectly ruled offside that didn't get an intervention after a breakdown in communications between the officials.

The Premier League says "significant progress" has been made with testing of semi-automated VAR offside technology.

There have been a total of 13 video assistant referee (VAR) mistakes in the Premier League so far this season, say league bosses.

The Premier League has admitted there have been four incorrect VAR decisions this season.They also say there have been a further nine “missed VAR interventions”, where they should have got

The Premier League has announced that “significant progress” has been made in testing semi-automated VAR offside technology (SAOT) in recent weeks, with the league still planning to introduce the new system during the current 2024-25 season.