Coventry City Football Club have begun searching for a new home after attempts to negotiate with the owners of their current ground have failed.

Arena Coventry Ltd (ACL), which manages the Ricoh Arena on behalf of the Alan Edward Higgs Charity and Coventry City Council, are owed unpaid rent of more than £1m by the League One club which was deducted 10 points after entering administration last month.

Coventry moved to the 32,000-seater Ricoh Arena in 2005, but the club was relegated to League One following the 2011-12 season.

In a statement, the club's chief executive Tim Fisher said: "We have been told that there is no room for negotiation and an offer that we made to get back round the negotiating table has been rejected."

ACL had initially dismissed reports of a lock out, saying that it wanted "to ensure that a successful and sustainable Sky Blues team is able to play at the Ricoh Arena for many years to come," but seemed to have changed its stance now the season for Coventry has reached its conclusion.