Liverpool will submit the revised plans for their proposed £280million stadium to the city council before the end of the month.
The Anfield club's American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks want to build a 60,000-seater ground that could be extended to a capacity of 80,000.
If the club gain planning permission, building work on the site at Stanley Park could commence before the end of the year and be completed by 2009.
"We know pretty much now what the final plans are. They will be unveiled in the coming weeks," the club's chief executive Rick Parry told Reuters.
"I know people will be very excited with what they are, I have certainly been excited by them.
"Whether we build an extension is partly a business decision depending on what the demand will be.
"It is also driven by planning constraints with what we can achieve at the outset.
"Suffice to say, the whole idea is building a stadium that has expansion capacity and more room than the previous one.
"The owners were concerned that if we were really going to be challenging long term, just in excess of 60,000 was too small.
"They have never made any secret that their plan was to get something significantly bigger."
Parry stressed that the cost of the stadium would not become a debt burden on the club.
Source : www.skysports.com
By Steve Bramley - Created on 16 Jul 2007
