Coventry City Council has written to every English MP and all members of Cabinet to push its case for being the home of the national stadium.

The council has already made a strong submission to the working group which is evaluating the bids from Wembley, Birmingham and Coventry, and wants all MPs to be made aware of the city's advantages.

Coventry is confident it could deliver a 90,000-seat stadium well ahead of its rivals using the site in the north of the city earmarked for Coventry City’s new stadium.

That project already has planning permission, is on a brownfield site and has good links to the motorway and rail network.

Council Leader Nick Nolan said it was vital that all the English MPs were fully aware that Coventry’s was best option for the new stadium.

He said:

“We are 100 per cent certain that we have the best and most deliverable scheme of the three. There has been petty bickering and regional fighting between London and Birmingham, but we don’t need to be drawn into that because the facts of our case speak for themselves.

“The new stadium – wherever it is built – should be inspirational, credible, achievable and deliverable. Our scheme fits all four criteria.

“Work on our site has been going on for over two years, and the creation of a super stadium would not need a public inquiry, which also gives us a distinct advantage.

“We have sent the MPs a summary of our full admission and I am confident that many will see that Coventry represents the best option of the three.”

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