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The Football Association are looking into sensational claims of “systemic corruption” surrounding the £600m sale of Wembley.

Craig Kline, Fulham’s former assistant director of football, is alleging a series of explosive claims including “racism” and “tapping up” surrounding the club’s transfer business.

Kline has contacted the FA directly as well as posting on Twitter and has now met with investigators.

Fulham refute the claims after Kline was dismissed by the Premier League club but insists he still remains friends with the son of Fulham owner Shahid Khan, Tony Khan.

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Kline tweeted: “Dear FA Council (+relevant police, MPs, regulators, press etc). I have key evidence of systemic corruption relevant to the Wembley vote which I’d like to submit. Please request this info from me. #fraud #wembley #MrPringle #CC #JtL #threats #minors.”

The FA issued a statement yesterday which read: “We have recently been contacted by Craig Kline who has made a series of allegations about Fulham FC. We are currently in the process of reviewing these allegations.”

Fulham owner Shahid Khan has offered the FA £600million in cash and £300million in retained revenues for the stadium and that deal has been inching closer to completion over the last six months.

The American billionaire hopes to relocate his NFL gridiron team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, to London, while the FA wants to use the money to transform the country's increasingly-stretched community facilities.

Under the terms of the deal, the stadium would continue to stage all the current football and rugby league games it currently hosts, apart from England's home internationals in September and November, as they clash with the NFL season.

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Khan would also be prevented from renaming Wembley, have to maintain the venue as a world-class football stadium and the FA would get a share of any profit he made on a future sale.

But despite these safeguards, there are some in the game who see the sale as another example of a national asset being sold abroad, while others believe there are better ways to fund grassroots facilities.