The South African Football Association (SAFA) has announced that it has moved closer to the implementation of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) programme.
Making the announcement on Tuesday, SAFA said that it had written a letter to FIFA informing the world football governing body about its plans. In the letter to FIFA, SAFA provided the itemised costs of the programme including those of VAR training, referees, technical staff and the equipment.
Chairman of the SAFA referees committee Victor Gomes said the letter to FIFA was to seek advice and inform them that the association was ready to proceed to the next stage of the project of introducing VAR in the country.
“We have been working hard to get this project off the ground. When I was appointed the SAFA referees committee chair, one of my main priorities was to introduce VAR and I am glad to say, soon this will be a reality,” Gomes said.
