Wasps’ Kenny Logan says Kent has a great rugby heritage after plans announced for club to build a new stadium at Pedham Place in Swanley

Former Wasps favourite Kenny Logan has explained why the club want to relaunch in Kent.

Wasps revealed plans earlier this week to move to Pedham Place in Swanley, building a multi-use stadium, training ground and hotel.

The two-time European champions and six-time Premiership winners went into administration a year ago and were removed from the Premiership last year.

Their last base was Coventry, where they moved to in 2014, having spent most of their 156 years in London, they went to Wycombe in 2002.

There’s no timescale being put on their return but former Scottish international Logan, who is on the committee of the ‘new-born’ club, can see the potential in moving to Kent.

“It’s been a very tricky 12 months,” said 51-year-old Logan. “The club has disappeared and is trying to come back but we’ve realised over time that we need to find a home for this amazing brand.

“Sevenoaks (District Council) have been very welcome to us and we felt this was the best place. It’s got a great rugby heritage down there, there’s a lot of clubs and a lot of fans and there’s not a club anywhere near. We feel it’s a great opportunity for us.

“We did a lot of research. The thing about Wasps is we’ve moved around a lot and we need to find a home where we can stay for a long time and not go through what we’ve gone through.

“We’ve been looking at different parts of the country. The council approached us and we’d been looking at it anyway. After that, we started to look more and more into it and felt it was a good place for us to potentially move into.

“We have to get into the league which we are working on for the highest level we can.

“We’ll probably look to get to Kent as soon as we can as we want to start building a fanbase and hopefully