Tottenham are looking to spend the 2017-18 campaign away from White Hart Lane as they redevelop the ground which will eventually reach a capacity large enough to host American Football games in the NFL.
Chelsea also have ambitions to increase the capacity of Stamford Bridge to 60,000, a redevelopment that would require them to play their home fixtures away from SW6 for three seasons. Both clubs have indicated an interest in a temporary relocation to the national stadium and Dyke says it makes sense for all concerned.
Dyke said: “We're certainly in discussions with Spurs that they should come in for a full season when they're re-building their stadium. We're a long way down the path with reaching an agreement. We're in discussions about them playing their Champions League games there at Wembley next year but I don't know much about that. On the full season, I think we're quite close to a deal. I think Chelsea might come for a longer period because they have really exciting plans for Stamford Bridge and may demolish the whole thing and build a whole new stadium on the existing site and if they can that would mean them coming for three years. We thought we had a responsibility to English football, if we can fit them in. And of course we get some income out of it and that money we can use to support grassroots football but particularly to build more all-weather pitches, which is another thing I've been going on about for two or three years”
A statement on Tottenham's website confirmed that they are looking into playing their Champions league games away from White Hart Lane next season. They also confirm there will be a reduced capacity at the ground as construction work will impact the north end of current ground - meaning a reduced capacity of around 4,000 seats.
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