Latest on Elland Road expansion plans after Leeds United announce intention to turn home stadium into a 53,000-seater
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00:00Where are we on Ellen Road redevelopment then?
00:03We obviously had that press release earlier this week.
00:08Was that Monday that came out in the evening?
00:11It felt like it was early in the week, but the days all meld into one in my life.
00:15Okay.
00:17I mean, yeah, I think people will see it as positive news.
00:20Not a lot of people are saying, you know, this is stupendous
00:24and they're not doing cartwheels and backflips like Ramazani.
00:29But it is more flesh on the bone.
00:33And I think it's more of a commitment on record from the 49ers that we are doing this.
00:37You know, you don't commit to spend 10 million, get into the planning approval stage
00:42and then say, you know what, actually, we don't fancy building a stadium.
00:47They just don't strike me as that kind of people.
00:51They are very, very serious about stadium redevelopment.
00:55I can also, on the other hand, understand fans saying, you know,
00:58spades in the ground, please, timeframes.
01:02And that's not there yet.
01:05But it's not going to, you know, it's difficult for them to put a timeframe on something
01:10when it largely is Premier League dependent.
01:13You know, I don't see them increasing the capacity to 53,000
01:20until Leeds are a Premier League club.
01:21I just don't see it.
01:23And you can do all the work in the background and get it ready.
01:27And is it like three years grace period you have after getting permission, planning approval
01:32that you've got to start the work or do the work?
01:36So, you know, they don't have to do the work straight away,
01:38but they can get everything ready to go.
01:40So it is literally, you know, Premier League football, go, start digging.