The Premier League reissued the announcement and passed 5 substitutes per game.
Chinanews.com, June 5 (local time) The Premier League announced on the official website on the 4th that all shareholders unanimously agreed to adopt a plan of 5 replacements per game since the league restarts until the end of the season. In addition, the number of players on the bench of each team can be increased from 7 to 9.
The announcement reads as follows:
At today's Premier League shareholder meeting, a temporary change in the rules for substitute players was passed.
In the remaining games of the 2019-20 season, the number of substitutes in each game will increase from 3 to 5. This is consistent with the provisional rules set by the International Football Association Council last month.
In addition, the meeting also approved that the number of substitute players on the bench will be increased from 7 to 9 in the remaining games of the 2019-20 season.
Due to the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, the Premier League was shut down on March 13 and there are 92 games remaining this season. Starting on the 19th of last month, the Premier League club was allowed to conduct small-scale, non-contact physical training. On May 27, 20 clubs voted unanimously to resume training with physical contact. Prior to this, the Premier League has determined that June 17 is the tentative league restart day.
According to reports, in the five rounds of collective testing that have ended, the Premier League has conducted 5,079 tests on players and club staff, of which 13 have positive results. (Finish)