Manchester United and Man City could be set for radical new sin bin rules

Manchester United and Manchester City could soon see their players sin-binned should a radical new policy pass a trial period, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) has confirmed.

Following a meeting in London, IFAB announced plans to trial the sin bin at 'higher levels' in a bid to end ill-discipline towards opponents and matchday officials. Players could find themselves in the sin bin for dissent offences as well as 'specific tactical offences' which could include time-wasting.

The meeting saw the board discuss ways of cutting down on time-wasting in matches including the implementation of the six-second rule for goalkeepers. Sin bins have already been trialled in grassroots football and have been implemented successfully.

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While measures have been taken to crack down on dissent in the Premier League, incidents continue to rear their heads in the top flight. Last weekend, Lewis Dunk was sent off for foul and abusive language towards Anthony Taylor during his side's victory over Nottingham Forest.

Another proposed trial which has been given the green light surrounds team captains. IFAB has confirmed they will trial allowing only captains to approach referees during 'major game situations' too. This season in the Premier League there has been an increase in referees booking players for overtly appealing decisions.

It was agreed semi-automated offside technology will continue to be developed to help assistants come to quicker decisions plus members agreed any new VAR decisions in the future should not create further delays to the speed of the game.

Finally, after FIFA's trial of announcing VAR