Liverpool have confirmed they are to abandon current plans to redevelop Anfield in favour of a more ambitious scheme that will increase the stadium's capacity beyond 60,000.
Liverpool's owners, Fenway Sports Group, have been reconsidering existing proposals to rebuild the Anfield Road end for several months and on Thursday the club announced that: “ambitious new plans now under active consideration.”
Under the existing planning application, submitted as part of the redevelopment of the Main Stand at Anfield, Liverpool can add an extra 4,000 seats to the Anfield Road end, raising overall capacity from 54,074 to over 58,000. Outline planning permission for the Anfield Road project is due to expire next month.
With demand for tickets to see Jürgen Klopp's European champions far exceeding supply, Liverpool will allow the planning permission to lapse in September as they work on alternative designs for the Anfield Road end. A planning application for a larger redevelopment will be submitted to Liverpool city council in due course.