Liverpool to face Tottenham at Wembley after Spurs suffer stadium setback
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Tottenham Hotspur will play host to Liverpool at Wembley for the second consecutive year after the club confirmed today that the new stadium will not be ready before September 15.
The Reds were due to be Spurs first Premier League opponents at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the middle of September, but that has now been abandoned due to issues with “critical safety systems”.
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Liverpool will not be the last team to play against Mauricio Pochettino’s side at Wembley with Cardiff now set to play there on October 6 and a scheduled NFL will also be rerouted to the national stadium
The news will come as a damning setback to Spurs, who broke history in the summer for failing to sign a single player during the summer transfer window. It was the first time any Premier League club had failed to add a single addition to their squad.
A club statement read: “Following the release of the Premier League fixtures for the 2018/19 season, we announced that, barring any significant issues with the final stages of stadium completion, our match against Liverpool on 15 September would be the first match in our new stadium. Recent testing and commissioning has now shown issues with the critical safety systems.
“Urgent follow-up meetings with Mace and the trade contractors are now taking place. We are reviewing the situation and planned timetable to rectify and re-test, after which we shall be in a better position to outline a revised timetable.
“The delays created by these difficulties mean that we can no longer hold the necessary Test Events on 27 August and 1 September. These will need to be rescheduled to take place ahead of any first official match at the new stadium in order to achieve the safety licence.
“In the meantime, therefore, our upcoming Premier League matches against Liverpool (15 September) and Cardiff City (6 October) will be switched to Wembley, as will the NFL match scheduled for 14 October.”
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