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SFA Chief Executive Ian Maxwell (Image: SNS Group) Get the latest Celtic news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter More Newsletters Subscribe Please enter a valid email Something went wrong, please try again later. More Newsletters We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show me See Our Privacy Notice See Our Privacy Notice × Group 28 Get the latest Celtic news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice A "stormy" meeting reportedly took place before before SFA refereeing chief Crawford Allan announced he would quit his Hampden role at the end of season. Allan has come under
fire over over the the use of VAR in the Scottish Premiership with a string of bosses raising concerns over the use of the technology - and the 56-year-old will leave his post at head of referee operations in the summer after four years in the role. And ahead of the announcement, temperatures appear to have been raised during crunch talks on Sunday. The Sun report that SFA chief executive Ian Maxwell was in attendance for a meeting with SFA chief governance officer Gary Booth - with a “stormy” atmosphere during the talks that sparked “raised voices”. The search for Allan's successor is now underway with Hampden bosses said to be keen on an “experienced" candidate to be in place for the new season. Read More Related Articles The 'secret' Jota reason why Celtic hero has ended Saudi nightmare as winger delivers defiant address Read More Related Articles Tomoki Iwata is the Celtic cover star as Brendan Rodgers opens up on Mikey Johnston transfer future And in another shake up, former Celtic and Hearts star Craig Beattie has been appointed as the liaison between club captains and Hampden chiefs to provide feedback on the refereeing set-up. He will hold discussions and compile a report for the SFA before the of the season. PFA
Scotland supremo Fraser Wishart said: “We feel it’s absolutely vital that players’ views on VAR are taken into consideration. Since it was introduced the players haven’t been asked what their views on it are, so we’re going to go ahead and do it and feed the responses back to the SFA." Maxwell has stated that he hopes to tackle the "blame culture" surrounding the use of VAR amid the shake up. He said: “We must work together to alleviate unsustainable pressure on match officials and VAR operators, to remove the convenient blame culture attached to subjective or unpopular decisions. And to ensure more focus is placed on the entertainers rather than the on-field facilitators." Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow Daily Record
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