Now NFL set to muscle in

SHAHID KHAN has denied his £800million bid to buy Wembley Stadium will see him move the Jacksonville Jaguars to London.

But the self-made multibillionaire’s audacious attempt to take control of the home of English football will guarantee an expansion of NFL games and business in the UK at the very least.

And it has also left Tottenham fearing their 10-year deal with the NFL to host two games per season in their new stadium will play second fiddle to Khan’s plans for Wembley. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy wooed the NFL by promising a retractable NFL pitch, NFL-sized dressing rooms, extra media and medical facilities, and excellent sight-lines, adding extra cost to the team’s new stadium.

Any hope of an NFL team moving permanently to White Hart Lane, however, will be over if Khan buys Wembley, a move that will not only give him money-spinning potential from multiple events but also a strong foothold in the capital should he or any other NFL team want to move to the UK.

Khan said: “This does not change what we envisage long-term for the Jaguars in Jacksonville.”