Blue cards: Idea set to be scrapped, but sin-bin trials likely to be approved by football’s lawmakers

Football’s rule makers are set to approve sin-bin trials – but an idea to use blue cards is likely to be ditched.

Senior figures within the game were taken aback by the proposals of a blue card when it emerged last month.

A planned public announcement was scrapped and there has since been significant opposition.

World governing body Fifa said “reports of the so-called ‘blue card’ at elite levels of football are incorrect and premature”.

Caution was also expressed at which levels of the game the sin-bin trials might be applied.

Further discussion on the subject will take place at the meeting, although debate is more likely to centre around whether sin-bins should just be issued for dissent and not cynical fouls, which had been thought likely.

The Premier League has already distanced itself from any sin-bin trials with numerous managers, including Tottenham’s Ange Postecoglou saying they were a terrible idea.

BBC Sport has been told the intention is to introduce them at much lower levels, although this will also be clarified at the AGM.

Discussion around ‘cooling off periods’ will also take place, with a press conference due to take place at around 1300 GMT.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino is expected in Scotland for the meeting, before going to watch the Scottish Premiership game between St Mirren and Aberdeen in the afternoon.