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title: "West Ham to snub Tottenham ground-share proposal"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2015-09-25T09:50:01Z"
modified: "2015-09-25T09:50:01Z"
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# West Ham to snub Tottenham ground-share proposal

West Ham will reject any proposal from Tottenham over a possible ground share of the Olympic Stadium in the 2017/18 season.

Spurs are in the process of constructing a new 58,000-seater stadium as they prepare to leave White Hart Lane in the summer of 2017. However, there have been delays to the completion of the new stadium project until 2018, which leaves Tottenham effectively homeless for a season.

![Tom Shaw/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2015/09/119885472.jpg)

Many contingency plans have been suggested for Tottenham, such as using Wembley Stadium for their home games that season, but that’s unlikely to be sanctioned as Chelsea are poised to pen a three-year tenancy from the 2017/18 season onwards.

Spurs held preliminary talks with the London Legacy Development Company over 18 months ago, say the [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-3248051/Tottenham-share-Olympic-Stadium-West-Ham-new-stadium-built.html), over a one-year tenancy alongside primary tenants West Ham, despite the then-ongoing legal investigation into the awarding of the Olympic Stadium to the Hammers.

The Daily Mail go on to state that they understand West Ham no veto in the situation, despite West Ham saying otherwise this time last year when the proposal was last suggested.

![Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2015/09/53277349.jpg)

Speaking in the [Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/23/karren-brady-olympic-stadium-west-ham-united-tottenham-hotspur), vice-chairwoman Karren Brady stated that a possible one-year ground share with any club was possible, but only with their say-so.

> In reality they probably could – but only with our permission. No-one has asked us for our permission and if they did we would probably say no, depending on who it is – if you get my drift.

If you want to read between the lines and make your own inference of the situation, Brady suggests that West Ham wouldn’t want to share the Olympic Stadium with certain clubs.

You could suggest that Tottenham are ruled out based on the tension between the opposing fanbases, their persistent enquiries into the awarding process of the tenancy rights, and the difficulties between the two clubs in recent transfer windows, most notably regarding striker Emmanuel Adebayor.