https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_London_NFL_franchise
Jacksonville Jaguars
As the designated home team for the International Series, the
Jacksonville Jaguars are often mentioned as the most likely existing NFL team to relocate to London, leaving their current home of
EverBank Field in Florida. It is often pointed out in support that current Jaguars owner
Shahid Khan is himself based in London, and also owns London soccer club
Fulham F.C.
While Khan admits the move has been a success in terms of improving the finances and profile of what was a small and struggling franchise, he has nonetheless been reluctant to commit to a move, preferring the current arrangement.
On March 27, 2017, it was reported by City A.M. that the Jaguars are in discussion to build a permanent training facility near
Wembley Stadium if done the team would be the first NFL franchise to have a training facility built outside of the U.S.
Target date
Reporting on unnamed sources who attended a 2012 meeting of the NFL's International Committee, CBS stated that while league/owner discussions of a possible London team had previously generally been regarded as a "more a far-off concept than near-term possibility", the mood had now palpably shifted to one of "when, not if", with the NFL planning for a London team within 10 years, earlier than some team owners had anticipated.
It was believed that because other issues such as the CBA renegotiation had been resolved, creating a London franchise was now being treated as a focal point of the NFL's desire to expand globally.
In both 2014 and 2015 the Chancellor of the Exchequer
George Osborne confirmed he was in talks with the NFL over the arrangements for setting up a London franchise, and that it could be achieved "in the next few years, maybe four or five years time."
Given the size of London, it has even been suggested by
Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank that there could ultimately be more than one franchise located in London, although not before a team in another European country.
