Dembélé and his team-mates will hope to make Wembley feel like home, starting with their Champions League opener against Monaco

Tottenham Hotspur have opened talks with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) over a naming-rights deal for the redeveloped White Hart Lane.

The club’s success in selling more than 80,000 tickets for their first Champions League game at Wembley against Monaco tonight has strengthened their conviction about the size of their domestic fanbase, which they will use to secure a globally renowned partner for the new stadium, which is due to open at the start of the 2018-19 season.

Negotiations with Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund are believed to have intensified after Tottenham learnt that the emirate’s association with Barcelona is likely to end next summer. Given that the club have a large number of Jewish supporters, the talks may attract controversy.

Qatar Airways signed a one-year