LONDON (Reuters) - Fulham owner Shahid Khan on Wednesday unveiled a deal to buy the Wembley stadium after charges of "systematic corruption" in a bid to give the FA, the club's current owner, an investigation.
The US-Pakistani businessman said his current offer was "to have the support of a small majority in the FA", whose members do not support selling.
"My intention was to improve English football, to bring people together and not to divide them," Khan was quoted as saying.
The FA board appeared to be divided against the £ 600 million (about 800 million) offer by Khan.
Khan said he was giving himself the possibility of making another offer soon, "when the FA family is united on this opportunity."
The millionaire plans to move his team Jaguars Jacksonville to American football in London and stabilize the stadium, which can accommodate 86 thousand spectators.
The British FA, whose chief executive Martin Glenn supported the sale to Khan, confirmed days ago that an investigation into allegations of "widespread corruption" on the project had been opened.
The allegations were made by Craig Klein, assistant director of former football operations at Fulham, who later claimed in his tweets that he had "written records proving fraud, endangering and exploiting children," something Khan described as "false and baseless" .
The time when Klein worked at the club was fraught with differences with the coaching staff and other officials. After the relationship between him and Fulham, Klein published charges against his former colleagues, to the point of talking about "bullying" and "racism," but the police considered the charges incorrect. Klein repeatedly had to erase the allegations.
Mark Barroz, chief financial officer of the FA, said Khan's offer was the best for Wembley, the national stadium in England, and reopened in 2007 after a seven-year renovation that cost £ 757 million.
