English Premier League side Everton "revealed plans to deliver a series of upgrades to the exterior of Goodison Park this summer," according to Richard Bell of BDAILY. The club is "set to add new cladding to the corners of the ground, along with fresh exterior lighting and imagery banners on three sides of the stadium." The Blues consulted residents of the area surrounding Goodison over the proposals, "ahead of the submission of a formal planning application." The plans "will also seek approval for the Toffees’ Holy Trinity statue." If approved, the statue "will be installed next season" (
BDAILY, 6/10). In Liverpool, Greg O'Keeffe reported the proposed work "is a short-term way of improving the image of the Old Lady and not a sign that the club have decided to abandon" its search for a new stadium. Talks between the Blues, Liverpool council and other parties around two possible sites for a new ground, at either the Central Docks or Stonebridge Cross in Croxteth, "continue with the huge injection of new investor Farhad Moshiri's wealth a re-energising factor." The club "will work with its Fans’ Forum on some of the design work for the exterior refurbishment project, and also plans to continue the branding work" that was started in '15 across a number of the concourses within the stadium (
LIVERPOOL ECHO, 6/9).
