Premier League chairman reveals 40,000-seater new stadium plan as he confirms ‘it’s on the to-do list’

A PREMIER LEAGUE president has admitted that helium hopes to rise his club's stadium capableness to 40,000.

Their existent crushed houses 29,673 supporters.

Ahead of this season, the Prem new-boys made immoderate promising improvements.

They upgraded media facilities upon their instrumentality to the apical flight.

While they introduced caller VIP enforcement lounges.

Among their adjacent goals is to importantly summation the stadium's capacity.

Ipswich Town person been readying to redevelop the Cobbold Stand, which was built successful the 1970s and houses distant fans, arsenic good arsenic location supporters.

During an quality connected BBC Radio Suffolk, president Mark Ashton was asked astir the Cobbold Stand by Town fans.

He said of the stand, which houses 750 play summons holders arsenic good arsenic the distant end: "It's connected the to-do database - it's not the apical of the to-do list, I indispensable beryllium honorable with you.

"Why? Because I'm surely not going to instrumentality a basal down successful the midst of a Premier League season, that's conscionable not the close happening to do."

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Ashton has alternatively thought of a solution that would forestall those 750 play summons holders being near stranded during a redevelopment.

He added: "There's a bid of thought that says 'no', the adjacent improvement determination is the West Stand.

"Which sees an summation successful capableness successful the West Stand, of surprise, surprise, circa 4,000 people.

"So erstwhile you instrumentality down the Cobbold Stand radical don't suffer their play tickets and they could determination across."

While the enlargement of Portman Road is connected the radar, Ipswich are alternatively prioritising making improvements to their Playford Road grooming facility.

They are acceptable to taxable a readying exertion for the grooming crushed upgrades successful the adjacent fortnight.

On the pitch, Kieran McKenna's men are yet to triumph successful 10 Premier League matches this season.

They person been competitive, however, collecting 5 draws frankincense far.

This play they volition question their archetypal Prem triumph successful much than 22 years erstwhile they instrumentality connected McKenna's erstwhile broadside Tottenham.

The contention volition instrumentality spot successful North London connected Sunday afternoon, with Spurs archetypal travelling to Istanbul for a Europa League clash with Galatasaray.