"If approved the trial will begin when the 2026 season of the Canadian Premier League kicks off in April. Wenger, who has been Fifa's head of global football development since 2019, proposes that there should be a complete gap between the attacker and the second-to-last opposition player - effectively the last defender, given the goalkeeper's usual positioning. Critics have suggested that daylight offside will give too much advantage to the attacking team."
""We have to try the radical solution first and see if we need to come back from that," said Wenger when he left Tuesday's meeting in London. It was first suggested six years ago but so far there have only been limited trials in youth football. If it goes ahead the results of the trial in Canada will be presented to Ifab at the end of year. If successful there is the potential for the law to change across the world for the 2027-28 European season."
Arsene Wenger's "daylight" offside rule is set to be trialled in the Canadian Premier League starting with the 2026 season if approved at Ifab's annual general meeting on 28 February in Cardiff. The proposal requires a complete gap between the attacker and the second-to-last defender, effectively using the last defender as the offside reference. Critics warn the change could overly favour attackers. Limited youth trials have previously occurred. Results from the Canadian trial will be reported to Ifab at year-end, with potential for a global law change for the 2027-28 European season if successful.
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