PREMIER League football could be back on TV within weeks — a major boost for bored fans.

Premier League to resume ‘in weeks’ with games broadcast on free-to-air TV.

Football supporters could be set to be handed a massive boost while in lockdown with the news that England’s elite division may be set to return.

Boris Johnson UK prime minister has been briefed on plans for matches to be played behind closed doors and sees the resumption of live sport as key to boosting the moral of the nation after weeks of being shut inside.

The priority is to get the Premier League season finished as it would allow the transfer window to open and enable money to trickle down the football pyramid.

It is understood that some games could be aired on public platforms to stop people going round to friends or close neighbors homes if they were only available on Sky or BT Sport.

Government insiders said it was likely that the EFL would start later because of the logistical and financial challenges.

Sport is considered one of the first activities that can return after the coronavirus lockdown as it is simple to control compared to reopening pubs, theatres or cinemas.

But first the Government would have to meet its five restart tests — including cutting death and infection rates.

And sports would have to meet a strict set of criteria, including being able to maintain social- distancing and keeping all involved safe from infection.

FIVE CRITERIA ALL SPORTS WILL HAVE TO MEET.

RULES will be tailored to different sports — but they will all have to meet these broad criteria:

1. EACH sport would have to put in place regular testing arrangements for participants. These would have to be paid for by sporting authorities or clubs to avoid depriving key frontline workers of the vital tests they need to be able to continue working.

2. STAFF must be kept safe from the risk of infection and any extra burden on the emergency services must be prevented.

3. CLUBS would also have to ensure they have measures in place to deal with certain fan behaviour, such as the risk of impromptu gatherings outside grounds.

4. THIS is on the back of supporters from Paris club PSG turning up at their stadium to celebrate their Champions League victory when their match against Borussia Dortmund last month was played behind closed doors.

5. BEFORE any sports can resume, the Government must first have met the five key tests it has set the country before any restrictions could begin to be lifted.

“We want live sport back on TV as soon as we can. It would give the whole country a huge lift.

“We have much still to do in the fight against the spread of this virus and it is too early to consider fans going back to the grounds themselves but this is a way to at least get sport going again.”