Premier League teams will be permitted to use five substitutions once football resumes later this month, the league has confirmed.

The number of substitutes each team is allowed to have on the bench has also increased from seven to nine.

The changes will only be permitted for the remainder of the 2019/20 campaign.

The decision follows a temporary dispensation introduced by the game's law-making body the International Football Association Board.

The purpose of the change is to help manage the workload of players who are returning to action after the suspension of the Premier League due to the coronavirus pandemic, and who are likely to have very little further break before the 2020-21 campaign begins.

The Bundesliga, which returned in May, has adopted the five substitutes rule.

Substitutions can only be made at a maximum of three points in a match, to avoid unnecessary delays.

A statement posted to the Premier League website reads: "Premier League Shareholders today agreed temporary changes to the rules relating to substitute players.

For the remainder of the 2019/20 season, the number of substitutes that can be used during a match will increase from three to five players.

This is in line with the temporary law amendment made by the International Football Association Board last month.

Shareholders also approved for Clubs to increase the maximum number of substitute players on the bench from seven to nine for the rest of the 2019/20 season."