Wenger wants to fix VAR offsides but broken handball rule is the real problem

Referee Felix Zwayer watches the screen before awarding a penalty to PSG for a handball by Myles Lewis-Skelly. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA

Five years ago, Fifa’s chief of global development, Arsène Wenger, outlined his bold plans to change the offside law.

“The most difficult [issue] that people have [with VAR] is the offside rule,” he said. “You have had offsides by a fraction of a centimetre, literally by a nose. It is the time to do this quickly.