San Diego Chargers poised for LA move

Jan 12, 2017 - 6:07 AM The San Diego Chargers are poised to confirm their long-rumoured plans of relocating the NFL franchise to Los Angeles.

The Chargers have informed NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and other league owners of their intent to move 195km north along the California coast, and owner Dean Spanos has called a meeting for Thursday, where he is expected to inform his staff.

The team has spent 55 years in San Diego but have become increasingly unsettled there in recent years due to their inability to secure permission to build a new stadium.

Earlier on Wednesday, the NFL extended the deadline for the Chargers to decide whether they would relocate until January 17.

However, the team appear to have already made up their minds and are poised to become the second new team in Los Angeles in as many years after the Rams relocated from St Louis prior to the start of the ongoing campaign.

The Chargers played their inaugural season in Los Angeles in 1960 before moving to San Diego in 1961.

Source: AAP