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DCMS committee plan July meeting to discuss Wembley future

The future of Wembley will be discussed in Parliament in the summer after the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee called on representatives of the Football Association and Sport England today to attend a one-off meeting on July 18 to talk about the national stadium.

Sports minister Tracey Crouch will also attend.

Shahid Khan, the owner of Fulham and the Jacksonville Jaguars in the NFL, has made the FA an offer of £800 million to purchase the 90,000-seater venue.

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