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London a step closer to getting NFL team as Osborne meets owners

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne speaks during the seventh UK-China Economic …

(Reuters) - London has moved a step closer to getting its own National Football League team, British prime minister George Osborne said on Friday, after meeting with NFL team owners, executives and players ahead of this year's first game at Wembley Stadium.

Osborne met Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and NFL executive vice president Mark Waller at Downing Street to discuss what it would take to encourage an NFL team to base itself in London.