Mets owner, London mayor discuss MLB game in England

The New York Mets are getting closer to being the first club in Major League Baseball to play a game on European soil.

Olympic Stadium, the new home of West Ham United, has been discussed as a potential site to host the Mets, according to the Telegraph's Ben Rumsby.

The report states that Mets owner Fred Wilpon and London mayor Sadiq Khan discussed the matter while Khan visited the United States last week.

"What we're discussing with Major League Baseball is for them to come here during the summer, which works for us for obvious reasons," Khan said while in the U.S.

"They are very excited and the commissioner is very keen," he added. "The owner of the New York Mets was very receptive. We're in discussions about MLB and we want MLB to come to London."

While both parties tried to get the ball rolling this past summer, plans for 2017 were abandoned after the clock ran out on hashing out details. Khan said MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has been receptive to the idea, potentially as early as 2018.