UK authorities and government need to make sure it was safe and the French wanted to play. They wanted to go ahead, for mainly symbolic reasons, and we were very happy to meet their concerns."
He also added that the eyes of the world would be on Wembley Stadium on Tuesday.
"This is going to have massive global significance - the first major event since Friday," he said.
"It is a chance to demonstrate terrorism can't win. We can't afford to let this act of terror cow us."