Levy keeping stadium options open

It had been thought that Spurs would definitely push through with the £450million redevelopment of their current ground if they were unable to convince the Olympic Park Legacy Company to back their proposed £250million move to Stratford.

But Levy has now branded the so-called Northumberland Development Project currently "not viable", with costs having spiralled due to demands being placed on Spurs by Haringey Council, Transport for London and English Heritage.

Asked if the club's next home might be outside Tottenham even if the Stratford strategy did not succeed, Levy told Sky Sports News: "Correct. The problem with the situation we're in now at White Hart Lane is that the project currently is not viable. So we would have to go back to the drawing board and that would obviously mean looking at other locations again.

"It's one of those emotive items that, if one had a choice, we would rather be building here; we would rather have fantastic transportation links. But what is clear for this club is that in order to compete at the highest level within the Premier League and European football, we need to solve the stadium [issue].

"We need a larger stadium, and if that means we have to move out of the area, I think the fans will back us."

Source: PA

Source: PA