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Keith Hackett calls for Howard Webb return to refereeing

Former referee Keith Hackett believes that Howard Webb should come out of retirement in a bid to improve the standard of officiating in the Premier League.

Former referee Keith Hackett has called on Howard Webb to come out of retirement in a bid to improve the standard of officiating in the Premier League.

Webb ended his refereeing career before the start of this season to become technical director of Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL).

Since then, the Premier League has been littered with controversial decisions and Hackett, who used to head up the PGMOL - a job now done by Mike Riley - wants Webb back on the pitch.

"Referees are making big mistakes, week in, week out," Hackett told BBC Radio 5 Live. "They need some leadership and with that leadership the guy who is at the top needs to front up.

"He should be encouraging Howard Webb to come back into the game as a referee. I don't know what Howard is doing behind the scenes with the referees."

In 2010, Webb became the first man to referee both the Champions League and World Cup finals in the same year.

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