Rennes boss Christian Gourcuff’s amazing reaction to radical plans to overhaul football’s rules including scrapping offsides

MARCO VAN BASTEN’S radical plans to overhaul football have been described as “immense s***t”.

Dutch legend Van Basten is the chief officer for technical development and wants to change the rules of the game.

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But some of his ideas – like scrapping the offside rule – have been met with some brutal criticism from Rennes boss  Christian Gourcuff.

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“This is the worst c**p I have read in a long time and yet I did not read it wrong.

“It’s immeasurable bulls**t.

“We would return to the time of village versus village, and at the time it ended with players being killed.

“The offside is a manifestation of collective intelligence. There would be no more collective spirit if the offside rule was removed.

“The offside rule is fundamental – if you do not understand that, you do not understand football.”

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Many football fans have raised their eyebrows over Van Basten’s proposals which include getting rid of extra-time and going straight to penalties after 90 minutes.

Arsene Wenger is also keen to keep the offside rule in the game as it adds to the intelligence of the game.

Wenger said: “Some of the proposals are discussable, some of them I don’t see any big interest in.

“The one I don’t find interesting is to suppress offside. I think offside is what makes the teams fit together, it’s a big quality of the team sport, an intelligent rule. It’s very important to keep that in the game.”