Spurs have confirmed that Wembley will remain their home throughout February and they won't move into their new stadium till March, seven months later than they were originally expected.
The beginning of this season now seems like it was a long time ago, and yet it's also gone by in the blink of an eye, back then the World Cup was still in our minds as attention turned to whether anyone could mount an attack on Manchester City.
Spurs were being talked about because they did no transfer business in the window, the first time in the 'transfer window era' that a Premier League club brought no one into the club- actually quite impressive.
The other big thing for the north London side were that they weren't going to be in their new home to start the season. Spurs left White Hart Lane at the end of the 2016/17 season to allow the new gaff to be built on the same site and moved in to Wembley for a year.
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At the beginning of the season Tottenham agreed to start the season at Wembley for a game or two .Now we're in January and like the member of family you can't get rid of around Christmas time they're still there. Today the club announced they'll be there till March. A club statement said:
"We have now received a post-Christmas/New Year update from the contractors involved in the critical safety systems at our new stadium.
"The past month has seen remedial works take place, software issues resolved and corrected safety equipment installations increase. Testing has also continued.
"Given the time required to deliver these and the test events, we can confirm that our Premier League matches against Watford (30 January), Newcastle United (2 February) and Leicester City (10 February) - and our Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund (13 February) - will take place at Wembley Stadium.
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"Should we continue to progress to the fifth round of the FA Cup and have a home draw, this too would be played at Wembley Stadium (weekend of 16/17 February)."
In a statement the club chairman Daniel Levy said:
"I should like to apologise to our fans and thank you for your continued patience. The response from those who attended the familiarisation event was great to hear and reinforced our commitment to deliver an exceptional matchday experience for everyone. We shall now seek clarity in respect of building test schedules and test event dates and provide further information on these in the next two to three weeks."
At the start of the season Spurs ran a PR campaign about their new stadium being the only place in London to see Champions League football this season, the news today means that might still not be the case.
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