Arsene Wenger proposes four changes to football rules

Former Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has come out with some rule changes he would like football to implement.

The Frenchman, 70, is FIFA’s Head of Global Development and has been looking into the following.

OFFSIDE:

“For the moment, you are offside if a part of your body that you can score with sits ahead of the body of a defender,” Wenger told L’Equipe (reported by GetFrenchFootballNews)

“I would like it to be that there is no offside so long as a (single) body part which a player can score with is in line with the defender.

“This could be too much of an advantage for an attacker, because that obliges the defenders to play higher up.”

CORNERS, FREE-KICKS:

“An in-swinging corner that goes out of play and comes back in could be made valid, this would create new goal-scoring opportunities. There is also the option of quickly playing a free-kick to yourself.”

THROW INS:

“I would also like to change the throw-in rule: five minutes before the end, a throw-in for you should be an advantage, but in these situations you are facing 10 outfield players in play, whilst you only have 9.

“Stats show that in 8 out of 10 of those throw-in situations, you lose the ball. In your half of the pitch, you should have the possibility to take a kick instead.”