Premier League changes: new offside and crackdown on diving

How will players and managers adapt to new the rules and a technical area code of conduct?

Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho are kept apart
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With the start of new football season just a day away, strikers are digesting changes to the offside rule, approved this week, which could lead to more goals being disallowed.

The tweak, which affects players in an offside position who do not touch the ball, is one of several new regulations ahead of the 2015-16 campaign.

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