Everton have set their sights on winning the Premier League in the next decade.
A planning application for the Blues’ proposed new £500 million stadium on the Liverpool waterfront is expected to be submitted later this year.
Goodison Park chiefs hope that the move to the Bramley-Moore Dock will dovetail with an upturn in the club’s competitive on-field fortunes.
Speaking at Tuesday’s General Meeting, Everton CEO Denise Barrett-Baxendale outlined plans to be ‘challenging at the top of the Premier League and competing at the highest level in European competitions’.
She said: “Ultimately this means challenging for domestic titles and trophies, not only to win cups, but to win Premier League titles too.
“It means competing regularly in the Champions League and it means doing all of this in a world-class, world-renowned football stadium.
“This is an extremely challenging goal. It is very much a long-term goal for our club but it is vital we are ambitious and that we deliver performance on and off the pitch that drives our club forward to achieve our ambitions.
“I acknowledge our vision is challenging, and the barriers to entry are indeed daunting, but we are Everton and we must all be focused and driven to meet that challenge.”