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Uefa is aiming to introduce video assistant referees from the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season after being impressed by its use during the World Cup in Russia.

It is understood that staff at European football’s governing body have been working on a plan that would see the video assistant referee (VAR) system brought in for matches involving the last eight clubs in the competition.

Uefa’s club competitions committee is expected to recommend approval for the system when it meets in Monaco next week and a final decision should be made by Uefa’s executive committee at the end of next month.

The main problem that had faced Uefa over its use in the Champions League was to do with the manpower that would be