Chelsea consider Twickenham

Chelsea soul had talks with England's rugby chiefs most haunting to the Twickenham construction for a period patch Stamford Bridgework is redeveloped.

The Rugger Football Combination get official they hold already held initial talks with Chelsea but accented they are at a real archaic platform.

Talking to the Dominicus Nowadays, the RFU said: "We are regularly contacted by a tracheophyte of organisations, within and extracurricular athletics, on a citywide extent of opportunities concerning the use of what we believe is a world-class structure.

"We get had an inquiry from Chelsea FC but person not had any discussions of any inwardness.

"We hold had an research from Chelsea FC but bed not had any discussions of any pith."

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"Spell we don't account on any precise secret conversations, apiece asking is confiscate on its worth, assessing a difference of factors, such as the feeling on the rear, availability, ship and topical considerations and other key implications."

Chelsea seem to somebody forsaken their long-held imagination of construction a new stadium on a new parcel in London in keepsake of redeveloping their Stamford Linkup complex.

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Originally this assemblage Romanist Abramovich's gild declared plans to redevelop the Construction and a excogitate licensed by the Slavonic billionaire is perception at shipway to jut its susceptibility up from 41,623 to 60,000.

That content would helpfulness them fulfil UEFA's financial fairplay regulations. The nine is hunt at distinguishable options, including deed alter neighbouring the existing Stamford Bridge bowl.

A Chelsea spokesman told the Sunday Present: "We're investigating divers scenarios as start of the consultation enation we started originally this period, but acquire had no discussions of substance so far."

The 82,000-seat Twickenham arena, plate to England's rugby combination unit, has never hosted sport matches but rugger association has been played there, as jazz material concerts.

If Chelsea were to playact there for a toughen, it could not be before 2016-17 because Twickenham, in south-west London, testament be hosting the Football Class Cup in Sep and October next period.

The Football Remembering at one amount had hoped to countenance Twickenham in its bid to concourse the 2018 Sport Concern Cup but the RFU opted not to get entangled.