The club's owners say the plans are being accelerated to ensure the redevelopment is completed for the start of the 2028-29 Prem campaign. Their ground has been regularly used for rugby in the past, having been the home of London Irish between 2000 to 2020. "This pitch is built in a way that it could handle that and recover very quickly [from rugby]," Couhig said. "Our football team is the first priority tenant and we would make sure it is handled the right way." "Let's say we did something with Bath Rugby, then we'd be allowed additional money under the SCMP [salary cost management protocol] to spend on our football players," he said.