The Enquirer understands that Buckingham is in advanced talks with Willmott Dixon who are running the club’s overall development plans.

Willmott Dixon’s development arm Regen will oversee construction of 910 new homes around the new stadium at Lionel Road South and 70 homes on the club’s current home at Griffin Park.

Buckingham is being brought in as the specialist stadium contractor to build the new 20,000 capacity ground.

A source close to the project said: “It looks like Buckingham have bagged this one.

“We were having a look but the word now is that Buckingham and Willmott Dixon have been talking for a while and they will go ahead and build the stadium.”

Willmott Dixon and Buckingham declined to comment.