Tottenham is "closing in on a double deal that would see the club spend a season playing Premier League matches at Wembley and all cup games at MK Dons," while its new stadium is built, according to Alex Miller of the London DAILY MAIL. The Londoners are in formal talks with the FA and MK Dons bosses, "with an official announcement expected as early as next month."
Sources close to the club believe that during the '17-18 season Spurs "will use Wembley for its 19 'home' Premier League matches and the MK Dons stadium for all domestic and European cup games." Decent cup runs in the FA Cup and Capital One Cup, "plus qualification to either the Champions League or Europa League would see the club play in the region of 10 games at Milton Keynes."
The revelation means Tottenham is "on course for a Wembley groundshare with Chelsea." The Stamford Bridge club "is thought to be close" to announcing it will relocate to the national stadium for three years from the '17-18 campaign.
Tottenham is "pressing ahead" with a new ground adjacent to White Hart Lane but the construction process will mean that it needs to play its fixtures away from its home "for one season."
The club has been exploring its options "but the possibility of playing at the Olympic Stadium and Upton Park have been all but ruled out." It hopes to move into its new 61,000 capacity stadium in time for the '18-19 season.
The FA decided "to scrap all non-essential events from the Wembley schedule to accommodate the groundshare," which could be worth over £41M ($59M). Chelsea has offered £33M ($47.8M) to play at Wembley for three years, while Tottenham has offered the FA £8M ($11.6M) for one season (DAILY MAIL, 2/13).
