New images have been released of Everton football club’s proposed 52,000-seater stadium, which was submitted for planning today.

The Premier League club’s new ground, to be built on Bramley-Moore dock as part of Peel Waters’ £5.5bn plans to regenerate Liverpool’s waterfront, was designed by US firm Dan Mies and London-based practice Pattern Design.

Everton, which appointed former Chelsea and Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti as head coach at the weekend, said the design of both north and south stand lower tiers “will make it easy to adopt rail seating and, should legislation change in the future, they could also be converted into areas for safe standing”.

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