Revealed: Key change to VAR set to come in next season as Premier League clubs prepare to vote on whether to scrap the controversial technology

VAR officials will receive guidance to only intervene in Premier League matches when the officials are 'clearly wrong' in a bid to finesse the usage of the controversial technology, according to reports. 

English top-flight clubs are set to vote on scrapping the system at their AGM next month after a vote was tabled by Wolves to get rid of VAR five seasons after its introduction in 2019. 

While the vote is unlikely to see the technology abandoned due to a bid to maintain consistency with conditions clubs will face in European competitions, a number of changes are set to be introduced in a bid to improve after an error-strewn season. 

Mail Sport reported last week that the Premier League are due to mull the introduction of in-stadium communication in an attempt to provide clarity for spectators at the grounds. 

Semi-automated offside technology is also believed to be waiting in the wings for the green light after its successful usage at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. 

But another change is set to come from the PGMOL, as the organisation seeks to clarify exactly how the intervention from Stockley Park should be meted out. 

As per the Times, officials will be told by PGMOL chief Howard Webb that VAR should intervene when an on-pitch decision is 'clearly wrong' rather than observing the original threshold of a 'clear and obvious error'. 

Administrators are believed to think that the latter phrase has become obsolete to the point of meaninglessness and that tightening up guidance on when VAR as used on matchday will help restore the technology's standing. 

Webb is also reportedly keen on using a small pool of specialist VARs, as the PGMOL has deployed this season in the wake of Liverpool's incorrectly ruled out goal via Luis Diaz at Tottenham in September. 

Data showed a significant decline in VAR errors in the wake of the error, decreasing from an error every 6.9 matches, to one every 19 matches. 

But despite preparing to usher in a raft of changes, IFAB are not thought to be interested in letting Premier League clubs dictate terms. 

Wolves are thought to be proposing that VAR is limited only to factual decisions, including ruling on offsides, and whether a foul has taken place inside or outside the penalty area, but the game's lawmakers are unwilling to let clubs pick and choose. 

Despite roiling controversy over the technology from a slew of supporters with different club allegiances, a poll by Mail Sport over the weekend showed that 48 per cent of fans would want to keep VAR in place. 

Only 35 per cent were keen to see the system scrapped, despite the increase in correct decisions in Premier League from 10 per cent to 96 per cent in the years since VAR's introduction.