It used to be on the first floor of the Main Stand, silverware lining cabinet after cabinet, but has been sacrificed in the pursuit of progress during Anfield's £115m rebuild. Instead, a concourse for supporters now runs through where the spoils from yesteryear were on display with much of the contents having been rehoused in the boardroom. For those dignitaries invited into the inner-sanctum - although perhaps not Leicester City officials given the Premier League trophy is back at the King Power - those souvenirs will serve as a reminder of the Merseyside club's status. Liverpool, on the other hand, will see them as a sign their remains work still to do. There will be pomp and ceremony tomorrow when Fenway Sports Group principal owner John W Henry, chairman Tom Werner and president Mike Gordon attend the official opening of the new stand, which has added 8,500 additional seats to Anfield to create a capacity now in excess of 54,000. It is a magnificent structure, one which dominates the Merseyside skyline, and the all-seater stand will be one of the biggest in Europe, housing 20,500 supporters. When Claudio Ranieri's side arrive on Saturday, they will play in front of Anfield's biggest crowd since the final day of the 1976-77 season when just over 55,500 watched Liverpool secure the First Division title with a goalless stalemate against West Ham.

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Yet, the reality that Liverpool were champions then, and the first visitors are the champions now, shines a light back onto the pitch where the priority must always lie. The redevelopment gives Liverpool a bunk up. It should create a feel-good factor around the club while offering the potential for the stadium to become even noisier and more intimidating. With the new facility expected to generate an extra £20m-£25m in revenue per season, the loan FSG made available could be repaid within five to six years. On its own the stand will not be a game-changer, however. FSG and Klopp, whose squad trained at Anfield this evening so they would not be 'wasting energy' on Saturday becoming accustomed to their new surroundings, must continue pushing. "The day before yesterday was my first day in Anfield since the Chelsea game (last season) and it is really, really impressive what they did there," said Klopp, who saw the 'This Is Anfield' sign pride of place in the new tunnel. "Wow - outstanding job. I have no idea how somebody could do something like this but, when you stand in front of it, it really is amazing.

GETTY The new main stand has boosted Anfield's capacity to in excess of 54,000

"This is a good place, a good opponent, the champions are coming, but it is another season. "It is our first home game and with 8,000 more supporters in the stadium. That is more power and we should use this." The expansion follows decades of debate over what to do with Anfield, an issue which has crystallised during 17-years of false dawns and arguments which succeeded in ending two former regimes. The ruinous reign of Tom Hicks and George Gillett disintegrated following fights and broken promises over a proposed move to a state-of-the-art arena in Stanley Park. One of the reasons David Moores sold the club to the American duo in the first place was because redeveloping Anfield was not an option and funding a new ground himself represented too big a commitment. Liverpool City Council would not countenance compulsory purchase orders on the nearby houses, the acquisition of which were needed for the scheme to go ahead. That sounded a death knell for the Anfield Plus blueprint of 1999 which proposed an upgrade of the Main Stand and Anfield Road End. FSG benefited from a change of attitude at the council, but have duly delivered on their promise to revamp Anfield and outline planning permission for phase two, a redevelopment of the Anfield Road End which would see the capacity exceed 60,000, is already agreed.

GETTY Jurgen Klopp hopes the 8,000 extra supporters will help spur his team on