Wembley Stadium... WEMBLEY Stadium, the iconic home of the oldest football nation in the world, sold to some Yank dickhead for £800m.
Yuck.
Yuck.
"Wembley Stadium set to be SOLD by FA in astonishing £800m deal"
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That is by far the most grotesque thing I've ever read. And the images it conjures up are much much worse than a nazi saluting dog. 
I’ve never liked the new Wembley anyway. A shadow is cast over half the pitch most of the time, so whoever didn’t think of that when they designed it wants shagging with the plump end of a rag mans trumpet. The constant embarrassment that is the empty corporate seats right opposite the camera is something else that has never been addressed, either move the corporate section or move the camera above the corporate. And I can’t stand low camera angles at grounds where you can’t see all of play going on. The seats are too packed close together and it takes forever to get our the feckin place. And don’t get me started on the prices of beer and food, I expect to pay more money but it’s ridiculous. Nah, it can do one for me.
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Isn't it around £9 for a burger and chips?
I willl buy Wembley stadium to strengthen the future of the Jacksonville Jaguars franchise in Jacksonville. 
London Jaguars has a nice ring to it.
London Jaguars has a nice ring to it.
Yep for a plain burger, £10 if you wanted a cheeseburger.
F*cking hell, you could have a double Anfield for that.
In the 35 years I have lived in England I could literally count on one hand the amount of people I have met that have any level of interest in the NFL. I’m amazed that this is even remotely commercially viable. Obviously it must be else they wouldn’t be thinking about it.
Hang on, wasn’t Wembley paid for with the tax payers money? And the FA are planning to now sell it for £800m. Do we get a refund?
You're really not looking very hard or in the right places then!
Rubbish. If you went to any city in England and surveyed 1000 people and asked them to name 5 NFL players I bet you the number of people who couldn’t would be at least 95%.
More like it'll remain and Khan will cream off the profits.
English football has whored itself out, soon they'll be nothing left to sell.
You can't sell your stadium to a guy with that moustache, ffs. He looks like an evil wizard. He'll use the land to create a portal to Draenor.
Just stinks of corruption. How can the FA sell the stadium when they didn’t even pay for half of it?
Slowly but surely everything is just being sold for short term gain. Is there really that much of an interest in NFL to need a 90,000 seater stadium in London? It’s worse than rugby.
Slowly but surely everything is just being sold for short term gain. Is there really that much of an interest in NFL to need a 90,000 seater stadium in London? It’s worse than rugby.
Maybe your points are valid but do you really believe the FA will use any of the money for good purposes?
Absolutely not, it will be paid to a select few who will walk away with a massive bonus whilst a stadium that was largely funded by the tax payer has been sold yet again to Foreign owners.
The NFL already have about 4 games in London every year and they’re all sell outs. A whole season of home games is I think 8. Plus having an actual London based team would attract support. It’s definitely viable. Potential nightmare trying to make the travel work but it will happen eventually.
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Sounds like it is pretty much a done deal going from the first sentence. Khan has invested a lot of money into Jacksonville so not so sure he'll be moving them to Wembley.
So you've gone from a stat of knowing 5 or less people to effectively saying only 5% or England's population of 55m could name 5 players, so 2.75 million.
They could buy any stadium solely based on hot-dog sales.
I think it's pathetic. They'll only piss the money away somewhere, at least this way we have a national stadium. Sure it's not the best use of money but we're like the 5th richest country in the world, we can afford a stadium. Where is the pride? The self respect?
This country has a serious self image problem.
This country has a serious self image problem.
Yes I would be surprised if more than 5% of the English population could name more than 5 NFL players if put on the spot and asked.
The Jaguars aren't leaving Jacksonville. However, Khan is getting major backing from the NFL to do this deal. Purchasing Wembley would enable Khan to have a money generating outlet that he can use the profits towards Fulham, towards his NFL team, etc. His ownership group would be able to sell sponsorship at Wembley, events, concerts, etc. It's a commercial decision for Khan and he would not interfere with Wembley as it relates to English Football and The FA.
Just the intent of purchasing Wembley knowing that Khan is an NFL owner would raise his net worth and the profile of the NFL itself. Because the NFL has lost it's bargaining chip and last golden egg that was the Los Angeles market, the NFL has to generate another bargaining piece for their owners, for broadcast (TV or digital/streaming) rightsholders and that looks now to be London.
Just the intent of purchasing Wembley knowing that Khan is an NFL owner would raise his net worth and the profile of the NFL itself. Because the NFL has lost it's bargaining chip and last golden egg that was the Los Angeles market, the NFL has to generate another bargaining piece for their owners, for broadcast (TV or digital/streaming) rightsholders and that looks now to be London.
I would say it's more that The FA and it's male dominated, outdated lifestyle, mindset and silver spoon culture is the biggest problem. They can't say no to money and want the best for themselves.
This isn't about grassroots. It's all about the almighty dollar for a select, 'privileged' few in the upper echelons of The FA.
Agree completely, its soulless and charmless. I'm surprised they never made a reference in design to the old twin towers, now they have that monstrosity across the top
There's something amusing in a meta-satire sort of way about an overpriced, shithole of an English "landmark" being sold to a rich foreigner.
Not against selling it, but the price just seems a little too low (although that's probably because we overspent like crazy on it).
Disgrace to sell your national stadium imo.
Nothing will change. FA cup, internationals, playoffs, the lot will all still be there.
Profits will go overseas. I don’t get the point.
After all the fuss of building it and going over budget I really can’t see how that’s a good price.
Profits will go overseas. I don’t get the point.
After all the fuss of building it and going over budget I really can’t see how that’s a good price.
They could play at Twickenham.
If part of the sale ensures that England's men's and women's sides take precedence in the schedule then I'm all for it. Providing there is highly significant investment in grass roots.
Personally I’m all for it if only for how much it’ll annoy the ‘BROKEN BRITAIN, VOTE LEAVE’ people.
Exactly. 50m is the new 20m. How soon until players are going for the price of this stadium. Liverpool have made more from transfers than it it cost to buy the club!
The question is where the money goes to after the sale (if it goes through of course)? It's funded by tax, wasn't? They can't just take the money and put in their pocket or paying to rent Wembley for eternity without answer to the people, can they?
I think that's a feckload.
If this means that England can play all around the country, I'm all for it.
Upgrading the grass roots facilities apparently.
I think they owe £140m on it still, so with the £500m of cash they'd have £360m if paying it off. That's the salary of 400 people, perhaps kids coaches on £25k a year for 35 years. I don't think it sounds that much when put that way as it doesn't seem like a lot of coaches but maybe that's just me. Then they'd have to lease stadiums to play in top of that.
Edit: God job I re-read that, 400 employess/coaches not 40! Typo. One for every 130-odd thousand people in the country. Then you'd have none of the cash left after 35 years and no stadium still.
Also, if he's willing to spend the money and thinks he can profit then doesn't that mean it's worth more?
Edit: God job I re-read that, 400 employess/coaches not 40! Typo. One for every 130-odd thousand people in the country. Then you'd have none of the cash left after 35 years and no stadium still.
I'm no businessman as I'm almost certainly about to demonstrate, but if this bloke thinks he can make money on it after buying it for the £500m (cash element)without his NFL team moving in then why don't the FA keep it and make the same kind of money he was hoping to do?
Also, if he's willing to spend the money and thinks he can profit then doesn't that mean it's worth more?
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Khan!!!
Excellent!Everyone can say so, but where is the plan? By the noise, it does sound like it's done deal. You don't just sell before thinking of a plan to make use of the money. How is this 800m, being used each year? How many years it's being spread over? What exactly being upgraded?... Too many questions.