English Premiership clubs are set to generate millions of pounds in extra revenue by being granted the right to broadcast their matches on their own channels and on the internet as part of a revolutionary television deal to be outlined next week.

According to some estimates, the core part of the new deal could earn clubs as much as £2 billion.

The 20 Premier League chairmen are to meet in London on Monday to discuss the tender document which has been drawn up for potential broadcasters hoping to bid for football rights for the next three years following weeks of consultation between Richard Scudamore, the Premier League chief executive, and the clubs.

The document has to have the approval of 14 of the clubs before it is sent to the interested broadcasters, likely to include all the main terrestrial and satellite channels.

It is believed the document will recommend a number of rights packages - a departure from the current one-off exclusive deal for the broadcasting of live football - designed to appease the country's bigger clubs who insist they should be given some individual rights to games so that they can cash in on their popularity.

Under the deal, one package containing about 60 live games is to be put up for tender, and a second package, with fewer live games, is also to be made available.

This could, for example, lead to one broadcaster having rights over Sunday afternoon games and another having rights to a limited number of midweek games. A highlights package will also be made available to broadcasters.

The money from these three parts of the deal will be put into a central fund and distributed among the 20 Premiership clubs.

Premier League officials, however, are keen to strike a balance between meeting the collective needs of all the clubs and the desire of the country's bigger clubs to make the most of modern technology and benefit from owning individual rights.

Under the deal, every club will be given archive rights to their games, which would allow them to broadcast their matches within days of them taking place. Given that most clubs already have their own television channels and are in partnership with media companies, they would be able to show their games on their in-house channels.

Under the existing deal, the broadcaster owns the rights to games that have been on television and clubs can show matches only with their permission.

An element of pay-per-view is also expected to be introduced, but the Premier League is anxious not to allow clubs too much freedom over which games they can select as this could affect any live games central package.

Clubs will also be given internet rights to their games, which they will initially be allowed to broadcast soon after they have taken place, and later on a live basis. Club internet sites will be able to generate substantial funds through advertising once they can broadcast matches.

Clubs will be allowed to keep any money generated from these components of the deal, and this will greatly benefit teams such as Manchester United and Liverpool, who could earn millions by appealing to a global audience with the new technology.

Under the current four-year deal, which is due to end at the end of next season, BSkyB has the sole right to broadcast live football and the BBC can screen highlights. The deal is worth £743 million.

The core part of the new deal (two live packages and the highlights package) could earn clubs as much as £2 billion, with the bigger clubs set to earn even more with the individual rights.

Leeds last night restated their determination to keep the four players charged with offences following an assault on a student available for selection.

Defender Michael Duberry was yesterday charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice. Reserve team striker Tony Hackworth (19), who also answered police bail yesterday, was charged with grievous bodily harm with intent and affray. Both will appear before Leeds Magistrates Court on Tuesday, April 4th.

Two Leeds stars have already appeared in court charged in connection with the incident. Lee Bowyer (23), and Jonathan Woodgate (20), appeared before Leeds magistrates on St Patrick's Day accused of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and affray.

In a statement, Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale confirmed that, like Bowyer and Woodgate, Duberry and Hackworth will be available to manager David O'Leary when he picks his sides.

Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr has called Glen Cronin of Exeter City into his under-18 squad for next Wednesday's European Championship play-off against France in Brest.

Kerr has severe problems in midfield ahead of the game, with Celtic's Liam Miller and West Ham's Shaun Byrne already gone - both due to injury - and serious doubts surrounding Jim Goodwin (Celtic) and Thomas Butler (Sunderland).

The Republic's manager will assess the pair's chances of playing this morning but he remains hopeful that they will be fit. The squad will train in Dublin this weekend before heading to France on Monday afternoon.