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EFL to allow teams five substitutions from Friday

In August, Premier League clubs voted against allowing teams to make five substitutions per game in the 2020/21 season.

The English top flight is the only major European league that decided against continuing with the system this season, used towards the end of the last term after the coronavirus pandemic truncated the length of the 2019/20 campaign.

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The Premier League is not expected to reintroduce the five-substitute rule this season despite some strong support from at least half of its clubs, following a survey of the clubs by Sky Sports News earlier this month.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola have both complained the decision to reduce substitutes to three despite difficulties brought on by the pandemic is partly responsible for a spate of muscular injuries across the top flight.

Klopp said earlier this month it is a “necessity” for clubs to have five substitutes per match in the Premier League, while Guardiola labelled the current three subs limit a “disaster”.

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