Fulham’s Dave Beasant is looking forward to kicking off next season at Craven Cottage after local council officials approved the Londoners’ £5m (€7.1m) scheme to bring their outdated ground up to Barclaycard Premiership standards.

Homeless Fulham expect to be briefed in the next week about a new plan enabling them to return to Craven Cottage for just £1m (€1.4m).