difficile d'évaluer le prix du nouveau stade mais il augmente constament.
Figuring out the hopes for stadiumJun 15 2006
By Len Capeling, Daily Post
A WEEK to forget for Liverpool and the jinxed Djibril Cisse.
As soon as the France centre forward fell awkwardly, attempting to avoid an incoming China defender, you sensed this was no minor injury.
Long, agonising minutes of medical attention on the pitch were followed by more treatment on the touchline. Although not as serious as Cisse's horrendous leg fracture at Ewood Park, the player will still be sidelined until autumn at the earliest.
Along with Cisse's World Cup hopes went Liverpool's expectations of an £8m fee for the striker from Gerard Houllier at Lyon - money much needed in view of Liverpool's failure to attract major investment into the club. And that wasn't all the bad tidings.
News of a cost explosion for the stadium that refuses to rise from the pock-marked acres of Stanley Park simply conspired to deepen the summer gloom.
The mystery at the heart of all this, of course, is the original estimate of total outlay. You get a clue to this by referring to Arsenal's new Emirates Stadium.
Plans were laid a little earlier than Liverpool's and its price rose as prices do whether you're building hi-style arenas or house extensions.
Yet when Liverpool set out their vision, they placed a ridiculously optimistic cost of £80m on their dream home. Given Arsenal's final bill of £360m and Wembley's £850m-plus, a figure in the low millions was never feasible unless the design demanded acres of breezeblock and chipboard.
Liverpool are a huge international organisation and their stadium needs to reflect that. A cost of £190m still looks a bargain provided work starts within months