FIFA, with the aim of making soccer a more offensive and attractive sport in the eyes of the world, is still analyzing a possible modification to the offside rule, a modification promoted by former Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger
This modification would seek to ensure that the attacking team’s forwards are not marked offside, as long as any part of their body is in line with the last defender and not the whole body in line, as is currently the case in the regulations.
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“We continue to look at how the rules can evolve to make the game more offensive, more attractive”
Could this rule change come to the 2026 World Cup?
The answer is
no
, it is still a proposal that must be analysed by FIFA. To move forward, the initiative promoted by Arsène Wenger will have to be approved by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the body responsible for safeguarding the rules of the game, which will hold its annual meeting on 20 January 2026 in London.
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