New stadium will stretch Spurs to limit – Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Tottenham will face their biggest battle yet to deliver on the pitch once the club eventually moves to a new stadium.

Tottenham are pushing ahead with proposals to redevelop land around White Hart Lane to accommodate a new 56,250-capacity venue, but following legal challenges in Britain’s High Court could be set for a season of groundsharing rather than being able to move for the 2017-18 campaign as planned.

Arsenal, meanwhile, are only now starting to show the benefits of the switch from Highbury to the 60,000-seater Emirates Stadium, which was self-funded and sees the north London club set aside some £35 million each year against a long-term fixed interest rate repayment bond.