Things are looking up for Tottenham Hotspur right now.
Mauricio Pochettino has assembles a squad that could be challenging for the Premier League title again, they’re building a new 61,000-seater stadium and they’re back in the promised land of the Champions League.
It’s going to be an exciting old year for the White Hart Lane faithful.
Except they won’t be watching Spurs challenging on the European front at WHL.
The North London club has announced home Champions League fixtures will be played at the home of English football for the 2016/17 season.
Spurs are expected to play their Champions League home games at Wembley and there is also an option to play Premier League and cup games at the 90,000-capacity national stadium during the 2017/18 season.
Spurs’ new £400m stadium is expected to be completed by the 2018/19 stadium.
The club explained the decision on Twitter…
This is to meet UEFA requirements, which will be impacted by the current stadium works affecting access, capacity and rights delivery.
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 28, 2016
As we shall be required to vacate WHL to complete the latter stages of our new stadium and surrounding environs… 1/2
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 28, 2016
…The agreement additionally provides an option to play all @PremierLeague & cup home games at @WembleyStadium for the 2017/18 season. 2/2
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 28, 2016
Chairman Daniel Levy said: “Playing at Wembley Stadium will mean that we can continue to accommodate all of our existing season ticket holders.
“Our season ticket waiting list is over 50,000 so this now also offers us a great opportunity to provide more of our supporters with a chance to see the team play live during our Champions League campaign.”
The news will probably frustrate some fans of London rivals Chelsea as the club also had designs of playing fixtures at Wembley as reconstruction work begins on Stamford Bridge.
Football fans reacted to the news of Spurs at Wembley as you might expect…
https://twitter.com/alexwoodd/status/736476528347877376
https://twitter.com/edward_quigley/status/736476369077555200
So Spurs might play league games at Wembley? Orient did that in 1930….forever in our shadow and all that. #lofc
— James Masters (@Masters_JamesD) May 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/Ashs87/status/736480793904750592
https://twitter.com/ThorneintheSide/status/736480754830606336
I had a West Ham fan tell me how it's wrong that Spurs will play at Wembley the other week..the irony was lost on him #COYS
— Graeme_Skelton (@g_skltn) May 28, 2016
Not sure how I feel about Spurs playing their home games at Wembley- be a great away day!
— Nidge (@MCFCNidge) May 28, 2016
Spurs finally play at Wembley… https://t.co/ESz3zbuwpE
— Mark Spoons (@Its_Spoons) May 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/TrueBlue_Terry/status/736479512544837632
https://twitter.com/Welsh_Gooner/status/736478654943891457
Only Spurs fan will start singing about 'Going to Wembley' every week now 😂
— King Mani (@ffsManiJ) May 28, 2016
BREAKING: Spurs to play 3 UCL home games at Wembley next season before they get knocked out in the groups.
— ʇsɹnɥʍoɹƆ sıʍǝ˥ 🐷 (@LJCrowhurst) May 28, 2016
