Liverpool delighted with progress made in Anfield redevelopment

Liverpool's Anfield Road End redevelopment remains on track to open for the 2023/24 season, but the construction company leading the transformation admits to having concerns about the impact the current global situation may have on future progress.

It has been six months since manager Jurgen Klopp first put a spade in the ground at the ceremonial start of the work to add 7 000 seats.

With all the foundation work now in place over the next two to three months, the major steelworks will go up as the project to raise Anfield's capacity to 61 000 takes shape.

However, it is understood the war in Ukraine has left construction group Buckingham "nervous" about the supply of labour.

"We have some concerns as a lot of our workforce will come from Eastern Europe: Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania," project director Colin Roddy told the PA news agency.

There is already a labour shortage in the UK, but Roddy remains confident contingencies are in place to see them past any issues in the future.

Liverpool's managing director Andy Hughes could not be happier that the project remains on schedule and on budget.

"Absolutely delighted," he said. "The most important thing is we are on track.

"It's been a complicated winter, we've had some poor weather, but I'm really pleased with the work Buckingham have done; matchdays have gone well, so it's all great news.

"It's what we planned for, but it is good news. Obviously, things could go wrong; the supply situation is very difficult, so we were really pleased with their contingency planning.

"You can't plan for every possible contingency; there could be some unknown in there, but assuming there are no major disasters, we will open at the start of the 2023/24 season."

Last month the club announced a