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Tom Canton

IFAB announcement prompts Arsenal to increase summer spending spree to strengthen squad depth

Football has gone through major change over the course of the last two years, as has the world. Focusing specifically on our beloved sport however and the game has needed to adapt due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Arsenal have played games behind closed doors, had matches postponed due to Covid-19 outbreaks, entire seasons suspended, and the rules of the game have seen VAR come into play to a greater extent. Substitutions have undergone major overhauls in the form of the number of switches a team can make in addition to the introduction of concussion substitutes.

The Premier League allowed the increase of three to five substitutes for a time but returned the number to its original trio for the 2020/21 season and the current campaign.

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