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The countdown to the 2019/20 Premier League season has begun and the excitement has risen following the reveal of the fixtures for the forthcoming season.

With the curtain being raised by European champions Liverpool on Friday night against Norwich City and a mammoth clash between Manchester United and Chelsea as the standout fixture of the opening weekend, there will be plenty of eyes glued to their television sets.

Sky Sports and BT Sports’ picks for the opening round of fixtures was unveiled at the same time as the Premier League fixture list for the first time but supporters will have to wait a while longer until discovering which other matches are going to be shown during the course of the campaign.

However, what is known is that there are now three providers of Premier League coverage in the United Kingdom from 2019/20 as Amazon have joined Sky and BT, showcasing 20 matches in December - including every game on Boxing Day.

That means that supporters who want to watch every match available to them on TV will now have to fork out more money in the 2019/20 season - and the true cost for supporters can be revealed.

Analysing the cheapest prices from the three main TV providers and adding Amazon Prime into the equation, supporters will have to pay at least £47.99 a month to follow every match - an annual price of £682.90.

BT provide the cheapest way to watch matches on BT Sport and Sky Sports with a price of £40 a month for new customers - although this does not include high definition channels and BT only provide access to Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Extra, which means there is some coverage supporters will miss out on.

Virgin Media’s cheapest price for a package with Sky Sports and BT Sports comes in at £72 a month, while Sky charge £45 for a standard package with Sky Sports and adding BT Sports costs an additional £27.99 - but these are also non HD channels.

Therefore, following the Premier League on Virgin Media and adding an Amazon Prime subscription will cost fans £79.99 a month, £959.88 annually, while on Sky it will cost £67.50 a month and an annual price of £885.40.

The best option for fans may be to pick up a monthly pass to NowTV at £33.99, subscribe to BT Sport’s app for £10 a month and purchase Amazon Prime for £7.99 in December, resulting in an overall spend of £373.90, but this price is still expensive for many fans.

It is also worth noting that this does not provide unrivalled access to the Premier League, as a blackout is still in place for matches taking place at 3pm on a Saturday - a law first introduced in the 1960’s.

In contrast, we spoke to fans across the world to find out the cost of their TV coverage to follow the Premier League and what access they are provided with - and the results are staggering, enough to suggest it’s actually more beneficial to follow the Premier League from abroad.

For example, those in Singapore can pay around £29 a month to watch every Premier League match during the course of the season, while in Qatar a price of under £80 for the year also provides access to every top-flight match as well as numerous games from across Europe’s other top leagues.

In India, around £11 a year provides access to every Premier League match and just £2 a month in Hong Kong allows supporters to follow all 380 matches, while in Australia Premier League coverage is free to those on a specific mobile contract and just £8 a month otherwise.