Premier League clubs are facing a bill of at least £106million to fund the first 10 years of the new independent regulator in the form of a compulsory government levy.
Mail Sport has learned that the government have recommended that top-flight clubs pay at least 80 per cent of the regulator's operational costs, which officials have forecast to be £132.8m over its first decade.
In addition the Premier League will be forced to pay back the vast majority of the regulator's start-up expenses, to initially be funded by government, which will cost them millions more.