Premier League TV rights to be probed by Ofcom

Ofcom has opened an investigation into how the Premier League sells live TV media rights for its football matches in the UK.

It follows a complaint from Virgin Media, which was submitted to Ofcom in September.

BSkyB and BT currently share the rights to televise Premier League football games.

The price for the latest rights deal - covering 2013-16 - rose by 70% to £3bn when it was announced in 2012.

Ofcom investigates where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting an agreement may be intended to prevent, restrict or distort competition. It says the probe will carried out under the terms of the Competition Act.

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The Premier League will soon be starting the bidding process for the next tranche of rights from 2016 onwards.

But Virgin claims that

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Analysis from Deloitte shows that of the money spent, £530m has gone overseas, £240m to Premier League clubs and £65m to Football League teams.

The transfer window closed at 23:00 BST on Monday, 1 September.

It was also the closing transfer deadline day in the English Football League, and in the Scottish leagues.

Dan Jones, partner at Deloitte's Sport Business Group, said: "In a summer where the world's best players were on show at the World Cup we have again seen how Premier League clubs are able to successfully compete on a global stage in terms of attracting talent.

"We continue to see the increased resources that Premier League clubs enjoy, as a result of

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The arrival of Angel Di Maria this week takes the combined transfer fees of the United squad to an eye-watering £401.2million – and that figure could grow with new signings before the transfer window closes.

Di Maria’s move from Real Madrid for approximately £60m has seen United overtake rivals Manchester City, whose squad was built for a combined £344.15m. United have also signed Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo to boost the strength of the squad.

London side, Chelsea squad put together for £341.8m, Liverpool £245.8m and Arsenal £209.5m

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It is thought that either Germany's Adidas or Warrior will replace them.

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The club suffered its worst ever Premier League finish last season after manager Sir Alex Ferguson left following 26 years in the job.

His successor, David Moyes, lasted just