LIVERPOOL have put the £60million expansion of the Anfield Road End on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The earliest completion for the project that was supposed to add a further 7,000 seats will now not BE until the summer of 2023 – 12 months behind schedule.
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This is how the expanded Anfield Road End should look but much later than plannedCredit: PA:Press Association
The red light comes after work stopped last month on finishing off the club’s new £50m training complex at Kirkby.
Boss Jurgen Klopp and his players may well now spend a further season working out every day at Melwood.
The re-designed Anfield Road stand will take the ground’s capacity up to over 61,000 and planning permission was scheduled for November 0f this year.
But a club statement said delay was due to the uncertainty in the construction industry.
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Liverpool’s chief operating officer, Andy Hughes, added: “The complex build programme for Anfield Road is an 18-month process and needs two clear summer closed season windows to be successful.”
Meanwhile, the Premier League are targeting a June 8 resumption of matches.
And the hope is to finish late in July t so that Uefa can conclude the Champions League and Europa League the following month.
All this will be discussed when Prem clubs have their latest video conference call on Friday, with May 18 likely for a wide-scale return to training.
Every game will be behind closed doors but league bosses are expected to want some games on free-to-air TV.
But details to work out include a list of “approved stadiums”.This could even mean neutral venues being used.
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