Howard Webb says that more penalties could be granted this season while Pgmol aims to suppress the outfit -

The Premier League referees will grant more penalties to have held in the 2025-26 season, according to the head of the Professional Match Limited (PGMOL) Howard Webb.

PGMOL will seek to repress grappling in the box during the sets with stricter measurements before the new high -flight English season, which starts on Friday.

Based on the comments of the captains, players and Premier League clubs, Webb said that there were “a few examples too many players who clearly shoot people”, adding that they were not penalized.

Webb said: “The feedback we had is that there are just a few examples too many players who clearly draw people who have an impact on their ability to move to the ball or some clear extreme actions are not penalized.

“These are the ones I expect to get caught. Consequently, I would expect this time next year, a few additional penalties granted to hold offenses that we have seen this year.

“But not a huge swing of the pendulum because it is really difficult to maintain over a period of time.”

The new guidelines will allow civil servants – with the help of Var – the scope of analyzing the possible detention incidents and making a judgment according to criteria in particular: how long a player is held; the extent of the impact on their ability to move; the nature of the adversary’s efforts to hinder movement; And if both arms are used to hold.

A repression of the outfit is not new, having been promised before but proving a significant impact.

Webb, however, insists that this time will be different.

“It is not supposed to be a six-week campaign, August and September, then we forget it all,” he said.

“If we were going as a steam train and gave each kind of contact, that would tell you that it would be a six -week campaign.

“We are very quickly told to withdraw from what we are doing. We have to take the game with us and we must be credible. ”

More new rules this season

The possibility that more penalties be granted come from several other new rules which will enter into force in the Premier League this season.

The goalkeepers will now have a maximum of eight seconds to release the ball once they have taken control. The exceeding of the delay will result in an attribution of a corner to the opposition.

Another rule will only see the captains authorized to approach the referee to explain important decisions, while the kicks with unintentional double -touch penalty will lead to a recovery if the objective is marked, or an indirect free kick being attributed if no objective is marked.

A deliberate double touch kick will be penalized with an indirect free kick, regardless of the result of the objective.

The abandoned ball restarts will go to the goalkeeper if the game is stopped while the ball inside the penalty area and, if it is outside the box, to the team that had or likely to have, possession.

Any accidental interference with the ball, such as someone in the key line or the technical zone, will lead to an indirect and without sanction.

An intentional interference would see the game restarted with an indirect free kick or a penalty, as well as appropriate disciplinary measures taken.

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