Former PGMOL chief says ‘standard of refereeing has fallen’Hackett says laws on handball and offside should be changedKeith Hackett, the former head of referees in
England, has said
Premier League referees are not good enough, the VAR system is not fit for purpose and the domestic game has “lost the plot” over handball.
Hackett, who was a top-flight referee until 1994, said that while VAR needs to be examined, officials on the pitch need to look at themselves too. “The standard of refereeing has fallen,” said the former general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOL).