According to the words of the main football director Toni Scholes, the Premier League may introduce the semi-automated offside technology by the end of the 2024-25 season after a "meaningful" progress in testing. Last year, Premier League clubs unanimously agreed to introduce this technology at a meeting of stakeholders. "We will be monitoring this... It's obvious that if we are not confident after the last two or three rounds, I think we will come to a pragmatic conclusion where we simply say it doesn't make sense to introduce this now." The technology for semi-automated offside determination is already being used in major tournaments and helps reduce the need for long waits during VAR checks, where referees manually check whether a player is in an offside position and also reduces the likelihood of errors. Currently, in the Premier League, official VAR representatives check offsides, but the system has encountered criticism due to delayed decisions. "The EFL introduced this technology in the Cup this year. But if we can introduce it earlier than planned, then that’s something we are actively considering. It was proposed that it would be implemented by Christmas, but problems arose during testing. So we believe we will implement the best and most accurate system," Scholes told British media on Saturday. "The progress made over the last four to six weeks has been significant."
