‘Terrible for the game’: Carragher slams Arsene Wenger’s proposed offside rule

Former Liverpool defender and popular football pundit Jamie Carragher has shared his thoughts on the proposed offside rule by Arsene Wenger.

Legendary Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger who currently acts as FIFA’s chief of global football development is planning to push forward a new offside rule.

Arsene Wenger is planning to push forward with radical changes by introducing the ‘daylight principle’ following a successful trial period.

The idea is that if an attacking player has any body part that they could score a goal with behind the last defender, they would be viewed as being offside. In essence, the attacker’s entire body would have to be in front of the last man in order to be penalised.

Though Arsene Wenger believes this is what the football world needs, Carragher has said that the implementation of this new rule would greatly benefit attackers and lead to teams altering the way they defend.

Carragher also labelled the proposed plan terrible for the game.

Taking to X, the pundit stated:

“This will be terrible for the game as teams will defend completely differently than we see now. Lots of lows blocks & teams being negative.

“How would you defend a set piece! We don’t need more advantage for the attacker, the game is seeing more goals scored than ever!”

Trials of the ‘daylight’ rule have already taken place across different European countries. It has been reported that trials has produced positive results.