VAR controversy: Stoke chairman ‘going off it’ before Premier League vote

• Peter Coates was in favour but is ‘less and less enamoured’
• Steve Parish has said Crystal Palace will vote against VAR

Peter Coates has become the latest Premier League chairman to express reservations about the use of VAR before next month’s vote, when the 20 top-flight clubs will decide whether video technology should be introduced from the start of next season.

The Stoke chairman told the Guardian how he was initially in favour of the Premier League embracing VAR but admitted he had become “less and less enamoured” of the idea because he “didn’t realise how poorly it is actually operated in practice”.

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