Chelsea defeated Tottenham at Wembley in the Capital One Cup final this year — and are poised to do the same in the race for using the stadium

Chelsea have offered about £11 million a year to use Wembley as a temporary home while Stamford Bridge is rebuilt.

The club have made a presentation to Wembley Stadium’s board and want to play at the national stadium for three seasons, probably from the start of the 2017-18 campaign.

Chelsea appear to have stolen a march on Tottenham Hotspur, who will need to leave White Hart Lane for at least one season from 2017 as their new stadium is built and are thought to have offered Wembley about £8 million a year.

The Wembley board is facing strong pressure from the Premier League clubs to use the 90,000-capacity stadium but is not believed to have made a decision on whether to rent it to a