A few weeks ago, the Swedish league made the decision to remove VAR for the upcoming season, becoming the first league in Europe to do so. Ange Postecoglou, manager of Tottenham Hotspur, was asked about this, and his response left no doubt: 'I'll move to Sweden then.'

The Australian reflected the sentiment of many fans regarding this technology, which was introduced in the 2019-2020 season and may be in its final weeks in England.

Because the twenty clubs in the competition will vote on June 6th on whether to eliminate VAR for the 2024-2025 season. If two-thirds of the clubs, that is, 14 out of 20, agree to remove this technology, the motion presented by Wolverhampton Wanderers will pass, and the Premier League will become the first of the major leagues to get rid of VAR.

But why do clubs want to end this era? VAR, introduced by IFAB in 2016, was meant to end controversies in football refereeing, and according to Premier League data, accuracy in controversial decisions has increased from 86% to 93% thanks to VAR intervention.

However, this season has seen moments of frustration that not even technology has remedied. The most glaring was the error made by VAR in the first-round match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool when Luis Díaz's legal goal was disallowed for offside. A miscommunication between the VAR referee and their assistant in the booth led to the error and the Colombian's disallowed goal.

This was not the only blunder, and the PGMOL, the Premier League referees' association, has had to apologize several times this season for mistakes.

But it's not just the wrong decisions that have led clubs like Wolves to reject this technology. The time taken for each decision is also a significant concern, leading to longer matches with endless stoppages, as seen in the Brighton-Chelsea match where there were nine additional minutes in the first half and eleven in the second, the disruptions in rhythm, increased fatigue, diminished excitement in goal celebrations due to potential annulment, and the reduced accountability of referees with VAR backing them up.

While we await each Premier League club's vote on June 6th, fans have already shown their opposition to this technology in every survey presented to them.

A survey conducted last summer by the FSA, the group advocating for British football fans' interests, revealed that 63% of respondents were against VAR, contrasting with the 74% who supported introducing this technology in 2017.

Only 5.5% of respondents claimed to have had a good experience with VAR, while 92% agreed that decisions take too long to make.