Liverpool To Expand Rather Then Build?

Liverpool FC is expected to announce within weeks they intend to stay at Anfield rather then build their long-planned new stadium on Stanley Park, according to media reports.

The Guardian reports that under plans drawn up by Liverpool city council and revealed to local residents, houses would be demolished to enable the club to expand Anfield’s main stand.

At a meeting earlier this month, attended by Ian Ayre, the Liverpool managing director, residents living in neighbouring streets to Anfield were presented with three worked-up options involving knocking down rows of houses. 

The council’s assistant director for regeneration, Mark Kitts, told the Guardian that Liverpool have confirmed, in discussions with the council, that the demolitions would meet the club’s requirements.

Liverpool’s principal physical obstacle is not enlarging Anfield’s footprint – their plan is understood to involve adding an extra tier, plus corporate facilities, to the Anfield Road and main stands. 

Doing so, however, would block the “right to light” of those neighbouring houses – although demolitions could solve the issue.

Liverpool has also recently announced former Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers as their new boss.