Chelsea ridiculed over design of new 60,000-seat Stamford Bridge that looks like 'Friar Tuck's hair' and a 'mushroom'

The proposed design for Chelsea's new home wasn't very well received by rival fans

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On Tuesday Chelsea revealed full plans for their redeveloped 60,000-seat Stamford Bridge.

The new stadium, which will sit on the same site as their current ground, still needs planning permission but if approved it'll cost owner Roman Abramovich around £600million to complete, with the club anticipating their first match at the ground in August 2020.

However, rival fans haven't been so impressed with the plans, designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog and de Meuron, who were famously behind Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena and the Beijing National Stadium - dubbed the Bird's Nest.

The new Stamford Bridge will apparently draw inspiration from Westminster Abbey, but naysayers have been rather more brutal, stating it looks more like a prison, an egg slicer or a portabello mushroom.

Here is some of the best reaction to the plans:

We rather like it. Better than a round concrete bowl at any rate.