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Premier League seal new rollover of their £4.5BILLION broadcasting deal... but only after agreeing to Government demands that they pay lower league teams an extra £100m a season in solidarity payments

The Premier League's 20 clubs have approved the £4.5billion contract extension with Sky Sports, BT Sport and Amazon Prime.

And as reported by Sportsmail, the Premier League have agreed to pay an extra £100million to lower division and grassroots clubs in order to secure Government backing for a new three-year domestic television deal.

That decision came after being told that the price of avoiding a competitive tender would be increased funding for the rest of the sport.

The Premier League are set to confirm an extension to an existing TV deal worth u00a34.5bn

The extra £100m will be paid on top of the £124m the Premier League already contribute on so-called solidarity payments and will got to the EFL, non-League, women’s football and grassroots.