Premier League referees chiefs may have wrongly interpreted the rules by telling officials no goal should ever be awarded if the ball comes off a player’s hand.

The International FA Board (Ifab) is set to review whether the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) is right to tell English referees that accidental handballs should stop a goal being given.

“Handling the ball involves a deliberate act of a player,” according to the rules of the game. Yet under PGMOL directives, Willy Boly’s goal for Wolverhampton Wanderers against Manchester City last month would have been disallowed had referee Martin Atkinson seen that the ball had hit the defender’s hand. Ifab is expected to look at the issue before its next annual meeting in March.

In other potential changes for next season, elite European managers are calling for the summer transfer window deadline to be aligned across Europe. The Uefa coaches forum, which included Jose Mourinho, Massimiliano Allegri, of Juventus, Carlo Ancelotti, of Napoli, and Arsène Wenger, also suggested a potential review of the away goals rule in European knockout matches.

In wide-ranging roundtable discussion at Uefa's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the managers later indicated they will back plans to introduce video assistant refereeing in the Champions League - so long as it causes minimal disruption.