The Daily Telegraph reports that the deal was only the struck with Football Federation Australia (FFA) in the past few days, with the A-League finally landing on commercial free-to-air TV to hopefully revitalise the plateauing competition.

According to the report, from the 2017/18 A-League season, Ten will simulcast the Saturday night fixture plus all finals. Ten will also have the free-to-air rights to Socceroos friendlies.

For the past four seasons, SBS has held the free-to-air A-League rights, broadcasting Friday night fixtures.

FFA has held a tender process for the rights, after Fox Sports agreed to a $200 million deal in December, with a view to simulcast fixtures on free-to-air TV.

Ten will take Fox Sports' full match production and coverage, meaning commentary will remain the same.

It's understood Ten will schedule matches at a consistent Saturday night timeslot broadcast on its One channel, but Network CEO Paul Anderson suggesting switching to the main channel wasn't out of the question.

“We’ve been talking to the FFA for quite some time because we believe the A-League needs to be on free to air, and people need to be able to find it,” Anderson told the Daily Telegraph.

“Football as a participation sport is obviously huge and the A-League is growing.

“We want to treat it with the respect it deserves, to promote it and give it scheduling consistency.

“We want to give it a regular timeslot and give it the chance to grow.

“We can promote it through our news bulletins, through programs like The Project — through a range of appropriate shows.

“That benefits us, and gives us a chance to use A-League talent in building the competition’s profile. 

“The Women’s Big Bash is a good example of a show that began on One but when its numbers grew it was moved to Ten. But consistency is the key, you can’t chop and change.”

FFA CEO David Gallop said the move would give the code unprecedented reach and exposure.