RFL supremo Nigel Wood is remaining tight-lipped on the future of Odsal.

During an in-depth interview with the Telegraph & Argus in March 2015, Marc Green confidently predicted that ownership of the ground would be back in the Bulls’ hands by the end of that season.

The Bradford chairman vowed to deliver a facility on the historic site “in line with the 21st century” and spoke of his ambitious plans for the ground that has been the club’s home since 1934.

But ownership of the stadium lease remains in the hands of the RFL after they bought it from Bulls in January 2012 for £1.25million.

Bradford pay rent to the governing body and Green said last year that he would not press ahead with his plans for developing Odsal until the lease and freehold was back in the club’s hands.

RFL chief executive Wood, speaking at a media briefing in Manchester yesterday, said: “We’ve had discussions with the club and are keen to be supportive as possible whilst recognising that the asset (stadium) is effectively owned by the sport, which serves its shareholders.

“In making a decision, the RFL board of directors will have to balance the needs of that against the needs of the Bradford club, who are one of those 40 shareholders, and then come up with the right solution.”

A potential Odsal sporting village has been mooted in the past but never come to fruition.

There has been recent speculation that the RFL could potentially develop the site as a headquarters for the sport.

Wood added: “There is a wider discussion going on with facilities and how we can move forward with facilities.

“The RFL’s position is to support clubs as far as it can but not inappropriately – only appropriately, and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

Asked about a timescale for the future of the site being decided, Wood said: “That’s an impossible question to answer.

“There are detailed and confidential discussions going which are commercially sensitive.

“It’s not right to expand beyond that other than to say there is no lack of appetite to support its membership, as you would expect from a governing body.

“But it has to behave proportionately and appropriately because as board of directors that is our legal duty, not just our moral duty.

“There is a big discussion going on with the local authority in Bradford about what they want to see happen as well. If it all falls in the right way, it could be very exciting.

“There is clearly an opportunity there and anything we can do to improve the prospects for rugby league in that city we will do, as long as it is proportionate.”

Wood also revealed that the salary cap of £1.85m will be applicable across Super League, Championship and League One next year.

“It will be one salary cap system for all the leagues,” he said.

“If you’ve got an entrepreneurial owner who wants to invest, there will be no restriction on that. The reality is that the salary cap is by the clubs, for the clubs.”

Wood also confirmed that England will play a mid-season international on May 7 next year ahead of the 2017 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Wood added: “There are two alternatives – one is playing a team in the southern hemisphere; the other is one involving northern hemisphere teams.”