Aston Villa have raised concerns with refereeing officials over new injury and substitution regulations, according to the Daily Mail. From now on, any player receiving treatment on the field must leave the field and remain on the sidelines for 60 seconds, temporarily leaving their team at ten. The rule also provides that in the event of a substitution, if the player takes more than ten seconds to come out, his replacement must wait for the first interruption of play after this minute before entering. Several Premier League clubs have already indicated their reservations, in particular on the assessment of referees to distinguish a real injury from a possible loss of time.
Indeed, these questions come at a time when Aston Villa has had a very eventful summer, particularly marked by numerous arrivals: Alejandro Garnacho, Nicolas Jackson, Ibrahim Mbaye, Johan Manzambi, João Gomes, Zion Suzuki, Matteo Ruggeri and even Leon Goretzka, while Morgan Rogers joined Chelsea for around 130 million euros. Always according to the Daily Mailthe Villans therefore consider it necessary for the application of this new rule to show greater discernment in order to prevent a simple stoppage of play from lastingly penalizing a team. This is what is said.
