Arsene Wenger insists football’s new time-wasting rules will be better in the long run and bring game length down through conditioning player behaviour. Extended stoppage team and an increased number of bookings have provoked a huge debate in the sport, with Uefa last week revealing it will not follow the protocols.
Wenger, speaking to The Independent in his role as Fifa's chief of global football development, says he could already see the successful effects through the men’s and women’s World Cups in Qatar and then in Australia and New Zealand. He also dismissed the idea it would physically affect players and broke the issue down to a philosophical point.
