The ‘Big Six’ clubs are pushing for the right to sell matches direct to fans in overseas countries, as the Premier League test the market ahead of the next television rights auction.
A request for clubs to be given exclusive rights to sell eight matches per season to international territories, which would be broadcast on their own channels, was part of the controversial Project Big Picture reform proposals tabled last year.
It has been repeated in discussions over the Premier League’s Strategic Review.
The elite clubs are not demanding the right to sell ‘Big Six’ clashes as that would severely undermine the value of the central TV deal, but want to explore the potential of direct-to-fan sales, a model also being considered by UEFA for the Champions League.