The A-League is preparing to follow in the footsteps of the UEFA Champions League and implement the use of goal-line referees as early as next season.

As a result of securing its $160 million television deal, the Football Federation of Australia is looking to inject some of that money immediately back into the match-day requirements of the A-League and will make improving on-field standards of play a priority.

It is understood the FFA is enticed by the use of goal-line technology but the costs of more than $220,000 required at each stadium deem it unrealistic at this stage. Instead, the use of goal-line assistant referees is being proposed as a viable alternative and will be presented to the clubs in a series of meetings starting later this month.

''The things that we've watched very carefully, one is the goal-line technology,'' A-League chief executive Damien de Bohun said. ''At the moment it's fair to say that we wouldn't be rushing into that next year. It's a significant cost, it's in the hundreds of thousands.

''But, the other thing … the positioning of the additional assistant referees on the byline or the goal line and that's something that's very interesting and we're having a look at it.''