Deniz Aytekin awarded Italy a late penalty against England after viewing the monitor but the Premier League’s plan would leave the ruling with a video official

The Premier League is set to explore whether it could use a “VAR-lite” system where referees do not view replays on a pitch-side monitor but rely entirely on the video official.

The proposal is expected to be raised at a meeting of Premier League chairmen next month where the introduction of video assistant referees will be discussed. As previously revealed by The Times, it is expected that the system will be delayed until the 2019-20 season to allow more trials and practice to take place.

The idea of the referee not being able to use a pitch-side monitor has been mooted among the chairmen and Professional Games Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) as a way of reducing VAR-related delays to matches. Other suggestions is that