THE SALE of Wembley Stadium could see £11 million put back into community football projects in Herefordshire over a 20-year period and the creation of a central hub.

Representatives of the Herefordshire FA attended a presentation on the proposed sale of the national stadium this week when it was revealed how it could leave a local legacy.

It was revealed that in Herefordshire the sale of Wembley could enable an 85 per cent uplift in investment into community football facilities compared to current investment levels.

The FA said that this would mean five new 3G pitches, 54 grass pitches improved, six new changing facilities and a 'County FA football hub'.

"The FA are now at a stage where they are looking to share details of the commercial deal that is on offer and how the reinvestment would work," said Herefordshire FA chief executive Jonathan Walker.

"The FA believe they can protect the stadium as the home of English football, continue to play football fixtures in perpetuity and at the same time unlock value from the bricks and mortar of Wembley Stadium, which in turn creates £1.5bn of direct additional investment in community facilities.

"The FA don’t need to sell Wembley, but by doing so they believe they have an opportunity for a transformational change to community football facilities.

"Each project must be based on local community football needs and be identified via a Local Football Facility Plan, it must benefit community clubs and leagues and be accessible at peak times for community football."

Despite the ambitions plans Walker says he is cautious about how it will be turned into reality.

"At the moment we just want to learn more about it but the figures being talked about are exciting," he added.

"We want to know how the money would be cascaded down and how it would be divided out. Also we need to look at who receives the money as we don't want to push out clubs who have worked hard to get in the position they are in but there are also clubs who are in desperate need of facilities."

"Also we want to know exactly how much we will have as it's a big quantity over a 20-year period but things can change quite quickly. It is exciting but we are cautious to lean more."