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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Sport
Tom Cavilla

Premier League clubs set for 'permanent option' of five subs as Everton and Liverpool affected

The option to make five substitutions during a football match in 'top-level competitions' is set to be made permanent by the game's lawmakers next month.

A number of European leagues are currently utilising the five subs option, which was initially introduced as a temporary measure at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic to provide support to clubs.

The Premier League were among the divisions to trail this change, but top-flight clubs voted against keeping the rule on more than one occasion.

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