FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - 2018 World Cup Qualifications - Europe - England vs Slovenia - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - October 5, 2017 General view outside the stadium before the match Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - A proposed £600 million sale of Wembley stadium that would have helped fund grass roots football in England collapsed because of "old men" who are "living in the past", according to former Football Association chairman Greg Dyke.
He blamed opposition from the FA Council for causing Shahid Khan, the owner of Premier League club Fulham and the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team, to withdraw his offer to buy the iconic national stadium.
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