Goalkeepers can hold the ball for eight seconds instead of six of next season after the legislators of the competition have approved an important change.
Keepers are currently supposed to be punished with an indirect free kick if they hold on for more than six seconds, but the violation is rarely punished.
A test with which keepers can hold for eight seconds is active this season in a number of competitions, including Premier League 2.
The referee has the last five seconds on their hand and under the law a corner will be attributed if they exceed the limit instead of an indirect free kick.
The International Football Association Board, which states the laws of the game, was known that it was impressed by the processes and has now agreed to bring it to the law for 2025-26.
The IFAB has also agreed to a new offside process, under which a player is on the side when their upper body is the same as the penultimate defender.
FIFA is also set to give a report to the IFAB on the progress of the video -support system (US) that is intended for use in competitions that do not have the means to implement the full video assistant referee (VAR) technology.
In the US, coaches can ask to revise decisions, whereby the referee can change their decision if they believe that after they have viewed the available images, a clear and obvious mistake has been made.
If a decision is changed, the coach still has their full two challenges available. A challenge is lost if the original decision is maintained.
US has so far only been tested in FIFA competitions, including the world cups under the age of 17 and under 20. The findings and feedback of the use of the system at those tournaments will be discussed during the annual general meeting of Saturday, while national associations are already welcome to submit an application to FIFA to try the system itself.
It is still to be seen whether the EFL would try to be one of the competitions that participate in a process, or even eligible to do this in view of the number of cameras that even have two games in place in competition.
A spokesperson for the competition said: 'The competition continues to follow the developments in the work of IFAB and emerging technologies to support competition officials.
'Although we are aware of the impact on the authenticity of the match -going experience for supporters and the implementation costs for clubs, they are something that we continue to assess.
“All changes would require detailed discussion and approval of our clubs.”
The IFAB is also updated on the progress of offside tests that have been designed to give more benefits to attacking players.
A change in the law is being tested that means that an attacker can lead the penultimate defender and still stand aside, as long as at least a part of his body that can score a goal is at least the same with that defender, often referred to as the 'daylight' rule.
The amendment to the law, which was advocated by the FIFAs Chief of Global Football Development Arsene Wenger, has been tested at the level of under 18 years in Italy.
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