We’ll give you a 60,000 Anfield stadium - Boston’s pledge to Liverpool FC

07 October 2010 06:20
Anfield 300[LNB]* More on the LFC takeover here[LNB]BANKS are primed and ready to fund a new Liverpool stadium in Anfield - but only when the debt is cleared from the club.[LNB]A number of financial institutions have already expressed firm interest in backing a new home for the Reds, the ECHO understands, on the condition Hicks and Gillett leave and the heavy debt is wiped out.[LNB]The revelation comes as Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton confirmed the New England Sports Venture (NEVS) company had pledged to build a 60,000-plus stadium for the club.[LNB] The Boston conglomerate are yet to decide if a new ground will be erected in Stanley Park or the current Anfield redeveloped.[LNB]There were hints that revamping the existing ground may be favoured, but no firm decision has been reached.[LNB]Dialogue between Liverpool and Boston has revealed how they are set to rank financing new player recruits over developing a stadium, although giving the club a new modern home will run a close second.[LNB]Senior Liverpol Town Hall figures believe up to 80 potential buyers were approached by Martin Broughton in his hunt for suitable Anfield custodians, a process described by the Reds chairman himself as 'exhaustive.'[LNB]Broughton said: 'We haven't had direct conversations with councillors, but we are willing to do that as a matter of urgency.[LNB]'We will fund it with a sensible and normal level of debt and equity.[LNB]'There's definitely a commitment to invest in a stadium and we will finish up with a 60,000-plus seater stadium.

Source: Liverpool_Echo