The game of football continues to evolve as more advances in technology are made but Arsene Wenger's prediction about what may happen in the next five years is pretty mad.
The former Arsenal manager reckons that we could get to the point where substitutions are not merely decided by the manager - and instead the fans determine the changes on social media.
"In the next five years, it might happen that social media substitutes players during a match," Wenger said in an interview with German newspaper BILD.
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"They'll have a hook-up at half-time and determine which players get substituted and who will be brought on during the second half. This will happen.
"The power of clubs will only decrease. That's why the heads in the clubs must become stronger. You must step up the fight against the influence from the outside."
Wenger continued to make some interesting points about how fans possess all the power these days and that certain sections of supporters are more drawn to an individual player than a football club.
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"The fans have become more international," he added
"Local fans might stay local fans and those living in, say, Dortmund and the surroundings will always go to see BVB.
"But if Ronaldo leaves Real [Madrid] for Juventus, the fans follow him to Juve. The international base is more interested in players than in clubs.
"This hands a lot of power to the players. Neymar has some 170 million followers. He alone is stronger than the league."
In the same interview, the 68-year old shed light on when he expects to return to football after an extended break away from the game.
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