Howard Webb successfully implemented video technology in Major League Soccer and believes there will be a “huge net benefit” from its introduction in the Premier League.
Video assistant referees were finally brought into the top level of English football at the start of the 2019-20 season after nearly three years of training and live testing.
“I am confident over the long term that people will get used to it, there will be less conversation about it.
“Here in MLS, there’s hardly any conversation about VAR any more than there is about any other aspect of the game.
“It’s part and parcel of the game, they know it’s there in every game, checking everything.
“Yes, sometimes it becomes a talking point when there’s a situation that’s in that subjective zone, close to that high threshold of intervention.
“But that will probably continue forever, so it’s just something that people get used to.”