Five major English football finals could look completely different as EFL consider leaving Wembley
A SHOCK new report has claimed that Wembley Stadium faces losing up to FIVE finals a season.
The Football League currently has a deal with the national stadium to stage their showpiece events there.
PAWembley could potentially lose five major finals per season[/caption]
Chelsea and Liverpool will collide later this month in the League Cup final at Wembley.
The Papa John’s Trophy final will also be hosted there as will the play-off finals for the Championship, League One and Two.
But EFL chiefs have been annoyed that the kick-off for the Carabao Cup showdown has had to moved forward to 3pm from its usual 4:30pm spot.
That is due to advice from Metropolitan Police, but many on the EFL board feel Wembley could have supported them better in their argument to keep the later start time.
There have not been significant crowd troubles over the past 17 years since the EFL began staging their five finals-a-year there.
The EFL contract with Wembley expires in three years and is set to “be reviewed due to unhappiness at their treatment by the national stadium”.
The Daily Mail have dropped another potential bombshell in their latest update on the situation.
They state that “alternative venues could be considered in future”.
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And that could potentially see all five of their major occasions moved from Wembley.
The EFL are also upset that they have been forced to split their play-off finals over two weekends this season.
This is due to Wembley being booked for other events.
During the refurb of Wembley between 2000 and 2007, Wales’ Millennium Stadium staged both the League Cup and play-off finals.
Manchester United’s Old Trafford also hosted the 2011 League One and Two finals due to Wembley staging the Champions League final.
However, the Mail also adds that they have been informed “the EFL said that the matter has yet to be discussed”.
PAThe EFL’s contract to stage events there expires in 2027[/caption]
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