Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy 'confident' new stadium will be completed in time for next season, but club 'likely' to request their first four games be played away from home 

• Tottenham's new stadium is reported to cost them around £850million
• The build suffered minor delays last week due to tough weather conditions
• The Spurs board met with the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust last Tuesday 
• Chairman Daniel Levy was quizzed on the current status of the build's progress
• Levy claims he is 'confident' it will be ready for the 2018-19 campaign

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has expressed his confidence that their new stadium will be ready in time for the next season, despite minor delays.

The build for Spurs' new home ground, on the same site as their former White Hart Lane home, has been ongoing since the original stadium was dismantled at the end of last season.

More than 1,600 builders are currently working on the site, and Levy feels Spurs have the manpower and time to have the £850m stadium ready for the start of the 2018-19 season. 

However, the chairman also reaffirmed that Spurs were likely to request the 'first few matches' to be played away from north London, as West Ham and Liverpool have done with ground moves and regenerations in previous seasons. That could see them play as many as four of their opening Premier League fixtures on the road.

Levy and the members of the Spurs board met with the representatives of the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust on Tuesday, where fans put the question to their chairman.

According to the minutes of the report, Levy explained: 'The compression ring had been completed last weekend and the roof lift was scheduled to be completed in the next fortnight. Bad weather and high winds had caused the minor delay.' 

The roof lift is still ongoing and reports have suggested it will weigh up to 600 tonnes once it has been completed.

Throughout the build, Spurs have revealed numerous aspects of the ground that will set it apart from other stadia across the country.

In September, the Premier League club announced their new 62,000-seat stadium will also host NFL matches and will accommodate the American sport with a state-of-the-art retractable pitch. An LED outer-shell was also revealed earlier this week that show the stadium glowing blue on match nights.

With all of this in mind, a tight ship was always a necessity for the final touches to be completed in time, which Levy insisted he has at his disposal. 

In the meeting, Levy insisted he was 'confident' the build will be completed in the timescale, claiming 'everyone involved is 100 per cent focused' on getting the job done.

He did, however, admit that contingency plans were in place in case the stadium build were to overrun. No talks, as of yet, though have been held with Wembley over an extension, but will most likely request away fixtures at the start of the campaign while the finishing touches are made.

As well as concerns over the build itself, the stadium's identity also remains undecided with the Spurs board claiming it will not be known as White Hart Lane even if a naming rights partner cannot be agreed upon. Members of the board instructed that it is to be known as 'The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium' until further notice.