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Wolves owner Shi urges clubs to vote against VAR

Premier League side Wolves are hoping to have their say on VAR in the Premier League.

The club's owner Jeff Shi has called on Premier League clubs to vote with them to eliminate VAR from the coming season.

There will have to be a 2/3rds majority from the clubs voting on the motion, which appears unlikely.

“This week we formally submitted a resolution to the Premier League to trigger a vote on the future of VAR at the league's AGM in June," Shi confirmed in his column for The Telegraph.

“The reason we have done this has nothing to do with decisions that have gone against Wolves this season, but it is an honest attempt to safeguard the excitement, the reputation, and the future, of the game that we all fell in love with.

“The Premier League's match attending fans are becoming increasingly disengaged due to the negative impact of VAR on our match experience, which is also leading to apathy and hostility in the stands and on social media, negative and damaging rhetoric from pundits, players and managers and a destructive erosion of trust in football's authorities and officials.

“All of this is detrimental to the Premier League's brand and reputation, and if we don't halt it now, the damage may become irrevocable."

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