Armchair football fans face bills of £1,000-a-year to watch coverage of the top European leagues next season after the number of platforms showing exclusive action increased again to five.

Richard Caborn, the former sports minister, vowed to complain to Europe's competition commissioner as he said supporters were being exploited by the "operation of a cartel". Packages ensuring full televised coverage of the Premier League, Champions League, La Liga and Serie A costs more than the most expensive season tickets at Old Trafford or the Etihad.

Fans of Italian and Dutch football are facing an extra £9.99 a month from next season after the broadcaster Premier Sports announced they had acquired the rights from troubled streaming service Eleven Sports, which will now show only La Liga for £4.99 a month.

The Premier League was already set to send bills soaring from next season. A Virgin package for BT Sport and Sky Sports is currently £77, increasing to £104 a month after 12 months, and fans will have to pay an extra £7.99 a month for Amazon Prime for an additional 20 top tier matches.

While sports minister, Caborn previously pressured both the EU and Uefa in 2005/06 amid fears that fans were not getting a fair deal. "This continued escalation of exploiting the fans is the operation of a cartel," he told the Daily Telegraph last night. "If you look at the Premier League, where is the regulation now? I will be writing to the competition commissioner in Europe and I will be asking them to revisit it. New technology is being used to exploit the world of football."

The price hike for the consumer has sent profits surging for English clubs in recent years. The first year of the current Premier League TV rights cycle fuelled the biggest gain over European rivals, with television revenue increasing by 47 per cent, currently totalling £2.8 billion in global rights pay packets. The league has already raised £8.3billion alone for 2019 to 2022 and could go as high as £9billion, a 20 per cent uplift on the previous deal.

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Meanwhile, Serie A and Dutch football rights were returned to IMG amid apparent concerns at the agency that Eleven was failing to attract enough subscribers. Spain's La Liga will remain on Eleven, with the company hopeful of continuing stream matches beyond this season.

The Telegraph disclosed last month how Eleven, a streaming service that aimed to become the "Netflix of sport", is at risk of closure after only four months. The loss of Serie A comes after the mixed martial arts competition UFC triggered an exit clause on its exclusive deal, which was due to begin this month. Crisis talks with other rights holders are ongoing in hope that part of the business can be salvaged.

In a statement confirming the switch, Eleven Sports said it was a “strategic decision we have taken to amicably end our partnership with IMG, the agency that manages these rights,” adding it had “the intention of continuing beyond” the end of the current season to broadcast La Liga matches.

Football fans may be tempted to take to the streets for their live football fix instead of paying for the privilege of watching at home credit: AFP

“At this stage, our priorities lie with our subscribers who we hope will experience minimal disruption as a result of these developments,” said Eleven Sports, the streaming service founded by Leeds owner Andrea Radrizzani. An agreement has been reached for Premier Sports to show action from both Serie A and the Eredivisie throughout February. The final broadcast of Serie A games on Eleven Sports will take place on February 25 and, from March 1, both competitions will be shown exclusively on Premier Sports.

Subscribers to Eleven Sports’ existing streaming service will be offered a special promotion to sign up with Premier Sports, which offers its own online player as well as being available via Sky and Virgin Media platforms along with some games shown on the free-to-air channel FreeSports.

Eleven Sports had won the broadcasting rights to show La Liga matches in the UK and Ireland from Sky for the start of the 2018-19 season on a three-year deal. The broadcaster has face a scheduling headache as Uefa statutes prevent live football from being shown between 2.45pm and 5.15pm on Saturday in the UK.