A-LEAGUE bosses want $6 million per club to coincide with a new television deal.

Chiefs claim clubs are spending a minimum of $4.8m already with payroll tax, superannuation, NPL, NYL and W-League costs but only getting $2.6 million — the current salary cap from Football Federation Australia.

One source said clubs also want a 30 per cent increase on the current $2.6 million salary cap.

FoxSports has until Friday to renew its deal with the A-League and is lobbying a free-to-air TV partner as part of the new contract.

In 2005 FoxSports signed a $120 million A-League agreement over seven years and increased it in 2012 to $40 million per season until 2017. It is expected two other broadcasters will enter the bidding war if Fox Sports allows the exclusive deadline to pass.

Pay TV provider BeIN Sports and Optus are reportedly waiting in the wings to bid for Australia’s premium soccer competition.

An FFA source claimed clubs may be able to get a financial “uplift’’ from the new TV deal. But A-League club officials have claimed they haven’t yet delivered their $6 million expectations to FFA.

This season FFA will deliver $2.6 million per club which covers the current salary cap as part of the old deal with clubs forced to spend 90 per cent ($2.340 million) for up to 23 players.

But concluding a $6 million per season deal for each club will see the A-League make significant financial strides.

The A-League could make up ground on the AFL which this year had its salary cap set at $10.6 million while rugby league’s salary cap is worth $6.8 million.

But a new A-League TV deal is expected to fall short on last year’s record AFL $2.508 billion broadcast contract.

Originally published as A-League clubs chasing $6m