Key figure in London politics challenges Chelsea to make decision on Earls Court move | OneFootball

A key figure in London politics has challenged the owners of Chelsea to make a decision on any Earls Court stadium plans.

Earls Court, which is just down the road from Stamford Bridge, has been cited as a potential new site for Chelsea’s owners to build a new stadium.

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This one has bee dragging on and on, with still no clear plans on what the club are going to do to get a bigger and better stadium.

The options appear to be slim. Whether they stay on the current site and build up, or whether they move to a new site, none of it seems to be straight forward and there are issues around any options they have been looking into.

Moving to Earls Court has always seemed like one of the most logical options to go with because it’s right next to the current stadium so it wont feel too much like ‘moving home’ – but there is a lot going on there now with that situation.

Chelsea told to put up or shut up!

Stamford Bridge on a muggy day. (Photo by Harry Murphy/Getty Images)

The Guardian report that Chelsea have been urged to “put up or shut up” and decide whether they want to move to Earl’s Court after alternative plans for the site were approved by Kensington and Chelsea council.

The club are yet to make a decision on how to build a bigger ground and another stumbling block is in their path after the Earls Court Development Company’s proposals for a £10bn housing and retail development were granted planning permission at a council meeting on Tuesday.

But the report goes on to say that any suggestions that Tuesday’s development has in effect ended the chance of Chelsea leaving Stamford Bridge for Earl’s Court are understood to be wide of the mark.

So therefore, A ‘key figure in London politics’ said that it was time for Chelsea to “put up or shut up” and make clear whether they are serious about Earl’s Court.