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Chelsea 'hold talks with Mayor of London' over new stadium plans amid ownership power struggle

Chelsea have reportedly held talks with London Mayor Sadiq Khan over building a new stadium in Earl's Court.

The issue of a new stadium for the west London club has been a discussion point for some time now, with the English giants' home of Stamford Bridge arguably falling behind their rivals'.

Stamford Bridge is currently the ninth-largest Premier League venue in terms of capacity at around 41,000 which puts Chelsea over 33,000 seats behind league leaders Manchester United at Old Trafford, and 7,000 behind newly-promoted Sunderland.

There have long been discussions about a new stadium for the Blues, and whether that would take in the form of a complete re-build, a revamp, or a relocation, with owners seemingly divided.