Every Premier League club could be required to have a pitch-side away section under plans being discussed by the 20 top-flight teams, Telegraph Sport can reveal.

New rules are being drawn up that would force each club to house visiting fans as close as possible to the action as part of ongoing efforts to appease travelling supporters and boost the atmosphere generated during games.

Any regulatory change would come into effect in time for the 2017-18 season and would follow on from the announcement earlier this year that away ticket prices at all grounds would be capped at £30 until at least 2019.