Premiership clubs are “broadly supportive” of the move to introduce VAR (Video Assistant Referees) into Scottish football, according to the Daily Mail journalist Stephen McGowan.

Up until now, there have been concerns about costs, but the estimated annual sum of £60,000 that would be needed to run the system will be covered by top-flight clubs only, with the SPFL prepared to pay for the training required for referees.

A presentation from World Cup final referee Howard Webb is believed to have allayed any fears that club executives had about VAR and a vote in favour of its implementation is expected in February next year.

It means that VAR won’t be used in the Scottish Premiership this season, and McGowan claims that it may take until after the 2022 World Cup before everything is in place for VAR to be introduced.

Considering the English Premier League have been using it since the beginning of the 2019/20 campaign, there has been a long wait for it to come to Scotland.