EVERTON FC’S chief executive last night said alternative plans put forward by those seeking to keep the club in Liverpool were “flimsy” and based in a “fantasy world”.

One week after the public inquiry into the club’s bid to relocate to Kirkby ended, Robert Elstone said the club remained confident of winning the approval of the planning inspector for the controversial move, which is a joint £400m project with Tesco.

Mr Elstone said: “We’ve been very pleased with the way we’ve presented the case and with what we’ve put forward.

“I have the greatest respect for the people in Keep Everton In Our City who put their case to the inquiry.

“But what KEIOC has presented is not real world. It’s building a stadium of your dreams but is based in fantasy.”

An animated 3D virtual tour put together by the campaign group runs through a multi-use stadium on the Bestway tunnel loop site off Scotland Road.

They object to Destination Kirkby because the new ground would be nine miles away from Liverpool city centre and they are convinced that the new stadium is not properly financed.

Signing an exclusivity deal with Tesco prevented other sites in Liverpool’s city boundaries from being considered, they believe.

But Mr Elstone said: “There has been no real testing on how viable it (the Bestway site) is.”