Shahid Khan has canceled a proposed £600 million acquisition of Wembley.

Khan is the owner of Fulham and the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars.

At a non-voting council meeting last week, where some insiders said the overall sentiment was broadly supportive, some members voiced strong opposition in principle to selling the national football stadium. The former Premier League chairman, Sir David Richards, a non-voting council vice-president who called the proposal “scandalous” in April is understood to have been one of those who voiced opposition.

That division was cited by Khan as his key reason for withdrawing the offer.