Premier League TV deal nets €3.7bn

Premier League players’ wages are expected to sky rocket even further following the sale of the Premier League’s domestic live television rights for the seasons 2013/’14-2015/’16 to Sky and new broadcast partner BT for the combined total of €3.724bn.

The staggering new deal represents an increase of €1.536bn on the current partnership with Sky and ESPN and destroys any suggestion that the Premier League’s bubble has burst.

After two rounds of sealed bids, Sky paid €2.81bn for the rights to five of the seven available packages, which translates to 116 live matches a season.