The world's most famous stadium, Wembley, located in the heart of Britain - London, may find itself in foreign ownership. According to the Evening Standard, the Football Association of England (FA) plans to sell the arena. According to the newspaper, an American businessman of Pakistani origin Shahid Khan became interested in sports.. He owns English FC "Fulham" and the club of the National Football League of the USA "Jacksonville". The American allegedly offered to "Wembley"? 500 million. According to the British The Sun, $ 1 billion ($ 1.39 billion) - $ 600 million was offered to the stadium at once, and the remaining 400 million association will receive in the form of deductions for the matches held in the arena. Khan, whose fortune is estimated at $ 8.7 billion, is secretly in talks for about six months. For the first time, he discussed this idea with FA Executive Director Martin Glenn in February 2017 in Houston on Superbowl.

It is reported that the transition of the stadium in foreign hands will not threaten the status of "Wembley" as the home arena of the England team, where she holds all the major matches. The association intends to spend the proceeds from the sale for the arrangement of 1500 new all-weather fields throughout England, which lags far behind other northern European countries, such as Germany and the Netherlands, by the availability of play areas that can be used during the winter. "Wembley" in its current form completed in 2007. Currently home games on it is played by the London club "Tottenham".