Premier League clubs have voted to keep Video Assistant Referee [VAR] technology at today's Annual General Meeting.

The motion to abolish VAR, which was tabled by Wolves, saw 19 of the 20 clubs vote against it - including Ipswich Town.

The Blues were confirmed as a Premier League club this afternoon, receiving their share alongside Leicester City and Southampton, who were promoted from the Championship alongside them last season.

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Today's vote means that a VAR monitor will need to be installed at Portman Road, although a statement from the Premier League confirmed that they have spoken to the clubs about six key areas to improve the technology at today's AGM:

1) Maintaining a high threshold for VAR intervention to deliver greater consistency and less interruptions to the flow of the game.
2) Reducing delays to the game, primarily through the introduction of semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) and the maintained high threshold for VAR intervention.
3) Improving fan experience through a reduction in the delays, in-stadium announcements from referees after a post-VAR change of decision and where possible, an enhanced offering of big screen replays to include all VAR interventions.
4) Working with PGMOL on the implementation of more robust VAR training to improve consistency, including an emphasis on speed of process while preserving accuracy.
5) Increasing transparency and communication around VAR – including expanded communications from Premier League Match Centre and through broadcast programming such as "Match Officials Mic’d Up".
6) The delivery of a fan and stakeholder VAR communication campaign, which will seek to further clarify VAR’s role in the game to participants and supporters.

It has also been confirmed that Semi-Automated Offside Technology will be introduced in the autumn of 2024.

Semi-Automated Offside Technology will be introduced in the early stages of next seasonSemi-Automated Offside Technology will be introduced in the early stages of next season (Image: PA)

The statement added: "The technology will provide quicker and consistent placement of the virtual offside line, based on optical player tracking, and will produce high-quality broadcast graphics to ensure an enhanced in-stadium and broadcast experience for supporters. 

"The Premier League and PGMOL will continue to lobby IFAB to allow greater flexibility in the Laws of the Game to allow live video and audio broadcast during VAR reviews."

On top of this, Daily Telegraph reporter John Percy has revealed that Aston Villa's proposal to increase Profit and Sustainability Rules [PSR] losses from £105 million to £135 million over a three-year period has also fallen short. Two clubs voted in favour, with 15 against and three abstentions.