The Reds boss spoke ahead of the Championship trip to Stoke, after his club announced that their stadium would be undergoing redevelopment.
Nottingham Forest manager Martin O’Neill has given his thoughts on the news that the City Ground is set to be redeveloped.
On Thursday, the Championship club announced that their lease on the stadium had been extended by the city council, which means they are now able to proceed with plans to redevelop their ground and surrounding area.
Forest confirmed the news in a statement and added that central to this redevelopment will be the creation of a new Peter Taylor Stand and improvements to the Trentside area, Brian Clough and Bridgford Stands, with work potentially starting by the end of the 2019-20 season
The Trickies plan to increase the capacity of the City Ground to 38,000, which would make it the biggest in the East Midlands, with Derby County’s Pride Park boasting 33,597 seats and Leicester City’s King Power Stadium currently at 32,243 seats.
Speaking ahead of Saturday’s Championship trip to Stoke City, Forest’s new boss reminisced about previous upgrades to the City Ground before speaking about how he would like to see the club back in the big time by the time the redevelopments are finished.
“It will take over a year to build and you would love to think that the club could be in the Premier League, while we are doing that,” O’Neill told the official Forest website. “The general view is one that will be fantastic for the club – and it is most importantly we are staying here.
“We hope it will be a Premier League stadium for a Premier League club. The club, at some stage, has to get back there and stay there. It would be honestly great to manage this team in the big league and with a stadium to match.”
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