Uefa has again held out the possibility Spurs might be able to play a Champions League match at its new ground this season – provided Mace finishes it in time.

The club progressed to the last eight of the competition on Tuesday night after a 4-0 aggregate win over German side Borussia Dortmund.

Asked whether Spurs would be allowed to play its quarter final at its new ground, Uefa told Building it remains “in close contact with Tottenham Hotspur to assess the possibility of the club hosting UEFA competition matches in their new stadium this season”.

Home and away quarter final ties will be played across 9/10 and 16/17 April, with Spurs finding out their opponents and the order of the ties next Friday.

In order for the stadium to be granted a safety certificate ahead of opening, two test events must be held at the new ground – although no events have yet been publicly confirmed by either the club or local council, Haringey.

Tottenham’s last game at its temporary Wembley home was on Saturday against north London rivals Arsenal but it has yet to say where its remaining league and Champions League games will be played.

In an update to fans last month, the club said remedial works on the safety systems had still not finished forcing the Arsenal game to be switched to Wembley.

But it added these “are near completion and we shall then move forward to the final stages of testing the fire detection and alarm system and its integration with the other safety systems.

“The success of this testing is critical to our ability to obtain a safety certificate and open the stadium.”

Mace had been due to get the ground ready in time for the visit of Liverpool way back in the middle of September last year but a month earlier the club was forced to concede it would miss that deadline.

Mace blamed faulty wiring for the delay and since then Spurs has put out a number of bulletins telling fans the stadium is still not ready.

Back in August, Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds told Building: “Issues with critical safety systems were identified. This is linked to the fire detection contractor encountering higher than usual electrical wiring faults.”

More than 12,000 alarms have had to be checked and last month over 1,000 workers were still on site carrying out work.