Gary Neville suggests drastic rule change to let Prem teams win an extra point

GARY NEVILLE has suggested a radical new idea to make the Premier League “100 per cent better”.

Neville’s proposed rule change would impact the way points are awarded after games – and therefore have a direct impact on the Prem table.

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Neville has found a way for Prem clubs to earn an extra point here and there.

Speaking on The Overlap, brought to you by Sky Bet, Neville posed a question to Ian Wright, Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane.

He quizzed: “What are three things you would change in football to make it 100 per cent better forever?”

Neville said: “At the end of drawn league games. I’d introduce penalties for an extra point.

“So you get two points if you win the shoot-out. Make every game exciting for the fans that come.

“You know when a kid goes to a game for the first time in a season and sees a 0-0 or 1-1 draw and its disappointing.

“So add penalties, you know kids love penalties. My girls love penalties at the end.”

But the listening trio weren’t too keen, adding: “It’s very American isn’t it.”

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That proposition made Neville stop and think, saying: “Yeah, not sure it works actually, but it’s an idea that could be tweaked.”

The rule of a penalty shoot-out at the end of drawn games already happens in the EFL Trophy and the Carabao Cup.

Fulham were dumped out of the Carabao Cup last week after a record-breaking shoot-out defeat against Preston, with 34 penalties taken.

Neville then added he’d change the distribution of wealth between Prem sides and lower divisions – and the group agreed.

The Sky Sports pundit explained: “So there’s not a massive disparity between the Championship and Premier League”.

Before Wright inadvertently backed Gary Lineker‘s idea of an appeal system, where sides only have a limited number of calls for VAR intervention.

But the Arsenal legend added: “Managers should be the only ones that get to call for VAR.”

Keane agreed but added: “Perhaps like American football where if the team gets their challenge correct, they keep the right to go again.”

While Carragher wants to stop players kicking the ball out whenever a team-mate or opponent goes down.

He said: “Players stop kicking the ball out for injuries. It f****** pisses me off.

“People are just going off for injuries when there’s nothing wrong with them. It stops the game.

“This thing of we really feel for our mate on the opposition team because he’s down. Just get on with the game.”

Keane, who was driving the car in Rome, asked: “Bigger goals?”, before striker Wright batted the idea away.

Carragher then added: “Get rid of extra-time.”