Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has said that more pitch-side monitors will be employed this season in the English league to help ease the dissatisfactions club’s stakeholders go through regarding the Video Assistant Referee decisions.

The VAR first featured in the 2019/20 Premier League season after clubs voted unanimously in November 2018 to introduce the system.

Its inaugural season saw a few bumps which did not go well for managers and stakeholders of the various clubs as to the how’s and the when’s some events were attended to which always brought about the why’s, sometimes judging the credibility of the technology.

Richard Masters believes the technology will require improvement through increasing the number of monitoring devices to guarantee quick and accurate decisions made by center referees to the satisfactions of teams.

“I think we were going to make changes with regard to referee review areas, in any event, it was going to become more prevalent next season and I think ultimately it is down to making quicker decisions, more consistent decisions and better decisions,” he said.

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“Last year VAR did deliver an improvement in decision-making, the statistics showed that, but it was always going to have some bumps in the road because it was the first season.

“I think if you get those three things I talked about better and right then you'll see greater acceptance by fans. I think with RRA, fans inside the stadium seeing what is going on, observing a referee making a decision in front of the RRA may help with some of the frustrations people have felt in terms of not knowing what is happening and waiting for a decision to come on the screen.

“So hopefully it will be a more positive experience for fans watching in stadiums and via TV next year.”

The Premier League commences on Saturday, September 12, with Arsenal and Fulham kicking off in the early game at the Craven Cottage.

Referee Chris Kavanagh will be in the center man to officiate, joined by his two assistants, Daniel Cook, Sian Massey-Ellis. 

The fourth official is Kevin Friend and the VAR: David Coote with his Assistant VAR, Stephen Child.

Crystal Palace will host Southampton after before the Premier League Champions kicks off with Leeds United at Anfield. West Ham United and Newcastle will play later in the London Stadium.