The Football Association may seek compensation from the Premier League if FA Cup ties are moved to midweek to accommodate a winter break.
While the current Premier League television deal means a winter break cannot be introduced until 2019, there have been growing calls for the English top flight to follow in the footsteps of Spain and Germany and bring in a mid-season rest period.
English Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey last month suggested moving the FA Cup's fourth and fifth rounds to midweek to help accommodate the break, but the FA announced this week that its board has ratified a "hugely significant'' new overseas broadcast rights deal for the competition.
The agreement, reportedly worth over $1 billion (around £820 million), will run for six seasons starting from 2018-19 and FA chief executive Martin Glenn has indicated that the Premier League would need to provide compensation for the anticipated loss of income from rescheduling games from a prime weekend slot.
"We've been discussing things with the leagues about how to do things differently, but there's been no negotiation," he said. "We've gone out and maximised the value of the FA Cup. It's right that we got the best possible price for the FA Cup because we can do more of this.
"It's premature to say there can't be a deal because there are other ways of maybe getting time for a winter break, and if there were to be a case of somebody giving up a Saturday, we know what Saturdays cost.
"We know what the cost of an FA Cup Saturday is versus a Premier League Saturday, if it had to be a money discussion."