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The disagreements began on Tuesday when the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs released a statement saying it had reached an agreement with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation to charge rent of around £100,000 to use the Hasely Crawford Stadium for the showpiece game on June 1.

However, the federation responded angrily, insisting that figure did not match the original agreement between the parties reached in March.

The TTFF has now issued an ultimatum to the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Gary Hunt, demanding that his department honour the original agreement or face legal action which could lead to the cancellation of the match in Port of Spain.

However, the English FA remain confident the fixture will be fulfilled as planned.

"We have not been made aware of any threat to the game and fully expect it to go ahead as planned," a spokesman for the FA said.

"This is an internal issue which we are confident will be resolved soon."

According to a report in the Trinidad Express newspaper, the federation's attorney, Om Lalla, has written to the ministry demanding that they indicate whether they are "prepared to honour the terms of the agreement of March 15, 2008", giving a deadline of Friday morning before he initiates legal proceedings.

Lalla warned that failure to honour the original agreement "will cause irreparable damage to reputation of the TTFF and subject each and every citizen of Trinidad and Tobago to shame and humiliation, and will result in a breach of contract with the English FA and may result in a cancellation of the match".