Jordan Henderson believes Liverpool’s FA Cup semi-final with Manchester City should be relocated from Wembley.
Jurgen Klopp’s side will meet the Premier League champions at Wembley on April 16 for a place in the showpiece of the world’s most famous cup competition.
But the highly-anticipated clash has been beset by travel chaos after Network Rail scheduled maintenance work on the West Coast Mainline across Easter.
It means supporters from the the two north west clubs will be unable to reach Wembley by rail, heavily restricting those preparing to travel to the match.
The Football Association has pledged to lay on 100 buses from both Anfield and the Etihad Stadium which will ferry 5,000 fans to the national stadium.
But Henderson has urged a rethink of the current plans due to the disruption that the rail works has caused to Reds and City fans heading to the capital.
He said: “I think this time, I’ve been thinking a bit more about the fans.
“In many ways, it’s their day, and not being able to get down to London for different reasons – the cost of that…
“In my head it would make sense obviously to change it to a (different) neutral venue, especially with it being two teams from the north-west.
“That’s just my opinion. There’s obviously complications within that I’m sure which the FA have got to overcome.
“But looking at the fans, which is probably the most important thing for me and something that we’ve learned over the past couple of years how important the fans are to football, that it is really disappointing to see that it’s a struggle and it’s got to be expensive for them to get there.
“To be honest – again, my opinion, and I love playing at Wembley – I would like to keep Wembley for finals anyway.
“I think (we should) play semi-finals at neutral grounds like it used to be. I think that was quite exciting, quite good and then obviously the final at Wembley to make it extra special.”