More than 200 Premier League fixtures could be shown live on UK television every season from 2019, it can be revealed.

The upcoming tender process for the world’s richest league’s next domestic broadcast deal was discussed at its annual shareholders meeting on Thursday, including the number of matches that would be made available between 2019-22.

The Premier League had already agreed to allow at least half of its 380 games a year to be shown live following an investigation by media regulator Ofcom into how it sells its UK audio-visual media rights.

But among several options discussed by clubs was making more than 200 matches available - a major increase on the current 168 - in order to maximise any uplift in the staggering £5.14 billion paid by Sky Sports and BT Sport two years ago for the 2016-19 rights.