Chelsea have offered around £11m a year to use Wembley as a temporary home while Stamford Bridge is redeveloped. They want to play there for three seasons from the start of the 2017-18 campaign.
They appear to have outbid Tottenham Hotspur who will need to leave White Hart Lane for two years in 2017 as their new stadium is built. They are thought to have offered Wembley about £8m a year.
The Wembley board has not yet made a decision yet on whether to rent it to a team which could have knock on effects on other sporting and music events that bring in the cash.
Chelsea have offered around £11m a year to use Wembley as a temporary home while Stamford Bridge is redeveloped. They want to play there for three seasons from the start of the 2017-18 campaign.
They appear to have outbid Tottenham Hotspur who will need to leave White Hart Lane for two years in 2017 as their new stadium is built. They are thought to have offered Wembley about £8m a year.
The Wembley board has not yet made a decision yet on whether to rent it to a team which could have knock on effects on other sporting and music events that bring in the cash.
There could be planning issues because the number of events that can be staged at Wembley in a year is restricted if the attendance is above 50,800, although the constraint can be circumvented if the top tier is closed. 50,800 is more capacity than either club has at the moment.
Other factors for the board to take into account include the stadium being used for American football matches in the autumn. There is also the possibility of a London-based NFL franchise.
Spurs are reluctant to share the Olympic Stadium with West Ham because of a poor relationship with the club. They both made bids to rent the stadium. They also fear that the stadium would be heavily branded by the Hammers.
They have considered using Upton Park which has been sold for a housing development, but it is thought that the refurbishment costs would be too high after everything had been ripped out by West Ham.
The fall back position is to use stadium mk in Milton Keynes, but that is not popular with fans.
Spurs are expected to put in a new planning application for a 61,000 area, having been given permission for a 56,000 seat stadium three years ago. The stadium would be designed to accommodate American football matches which the club hope could help to attract a partner to fund the development.