Fans could watch TWO games in one evening as Premier League plans staggered kick-off times in Project Restart

PREMIER LEAGUE bosses could adopt Champions League-style kick-off times meaning fans could watch two games in one evening.

The 20 clubs will tomorrow discuss ways to give TV companies as much access as possible in a desperate bid to reduce the final amount of cash they will be forced to hand back.

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The teams will discuss a plan to have 6pm and 8pm kick-offs for games during the midweek rounds in the same way Uefa have introduced for both the Champions League and Europa League matches.

Also, the league are likely to have an equal split at weekends for five matches on a Saturday and the same number on a Sunday.

The Prem is likely to start on a Friday night, either June 19 or more likely a week later, before reverting to weekends and midweeks.

Clubs expect they will be forced to hand back in the region of £340million to TV companies even if they complete the season.

And Prem chief Richard Masters knows that will rocket to £762m if the Premier League is not finished.

The number of midweek League rounds could also depend on the start date while the FA Cup quarter-finals are also set to be played on weekdays.

Premier League clubs will have a video conference today to vote on resuming full contact at training. This will be based on the third round of test results.

Tomorrow, the clubs will talk again and while a restart date will be spoken about, the main issue will be about the TV nightmare.

Clubs will also try and sort out the scheduling problem and they will try and keep some nights free for the Championship to showcase their matches.

The Premier League are also keen for the two postponed matches to be played early on after restarting so all teams will have played the same number of games.

So Manchester City vs Arsenal and Aston Villa against Sheffield United could be in the first midweek after the initial opening weekend which will be either June 19 or June 26.

The BBC could have some games free-to-air but this is unlikely to extend beyond the first couple of weeks.

In Germany, fans without Sky have been able to watch football over the first two weekends but last night’s Dortmund v Bayern Munich match was for subscribers only and this will continue until the end of the Bundesliga.

Equally, English clubs know both Sky and BT Sport would be left furious if a terrestrial broadcaster was given a whole batch of matches throughout the end of the campaign.