Liverpool in limbo as stadium problems build

LIVERPOOL appear to be moving away from their preferred option of redeveloping Anfield because of the “barriers” they face in doing so.

The club’s managing director Ian Ayre admitted taking the capacity of Anfield up to 60,000 would come at a “significantly lower cost” than the other option of building a new stadium from scratch at nearby Stanley Park, but other bureaucratic issues are making it “increasingly unlikely” that the club will be able to move forward with a redevelopment.

Ayre said: “In the nine months since the new ownership, an enormous amount of work has been undertaken in conjunction with leading architects, consultants, other industry experts and with Liverpool City Council to explore the building of a new stadium as well as exploring a refurbishment solution that could deliver the necessary growth in capacity, whilst maintaining the heritage and atmosphere that make Anfield uniquely Liverpool FC.