Liverpools Stamford Bridge complaint forces Chelsea into spending thousands

Following complaints, Chelsea have expanded the size of their away dressing room at Stamford Bridge, spending thousands.

Liverpool and Brighton are understood to have complained about the facilities when they visited the ground this season, according to Sportbible, with conditions thought be to be cramped.

Players also had to share the same room as management and staff, something not typically done in the Premier League.

Meanwhile, the Premier League’s coronavirus regulations provided a minimum size requirement for dressing rooms, to help squads socially distance.

The west London side have had to push through the media area to enlarge the dressing room and comply with regulations.

Jurgen Klopp missed Liverpool’s trip to Chelsea after testing positive for Covid. Assistant Pep Lijnders had to take charge of the 2-2 draw, but then tested positive himself the following week, causing postponement to Liverpool's Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Arsenal.

It’s believed that the Reds complained about the conditions at Chelsea. Brighton manager Graham Potter also made protests have his side’s 1-1 draw in December.

Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl went public in 2020 about the conditions of the dressing room.

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He said: “We lose nearly three minutes. Down the stairs, up the stairs, I don’t know where.

“You want to coach, you want to reorganise the team. You have this time and they are struggling to go in this quick.”

Talks of a new stadium have been ongoing for a number of years. The club was given planning permission to rebuild the stadium into a 60,000-seater but such plans had to be parked in 2018 when Roman Abramovic was unable to secure a visa in the UK.

Chelsea said in a statement four years ago: “No further pre-construction design and planning work will occur. The club does not have a timeframe set for reconsideration of its decision.”

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