Last night Mr Broomhead said: "I met last week with Liverpool City Council who are involved in a joint venture with LFC and reiterated what I've said all along and that is that we can not put money directly into a private stadium.
"We are committed to looking at the wider regeneration of Anfield and Breckfield and that would include things like housing, transport and the environment especially round Stanley Park.
"There is a housing pathfinder scheme in the area and we want to work alongside that."
Mr Broomhead also denied reports that the NWDA had already guaranteed £23m of support for regeneration in the area.
He said: "There are no guarantees. We're working very closely with the council and we've asked them to go away and, if you like, finesse the proposals I've seen to take out any direct funding for the stadium.
"All the other proposals will go through the proper appraisal process here at the agency, at board level and then to the government. Anything involving commitment of more than £10m has to go to the department."
Mr Broomhead said he expected the city council to come back with new proposals within two weeks and pledged the agency would try to progress its decision on the schemes quickly.
Liverpool council chief executive Sir David Henshaw said: "Now our job is to redraw the project so NWDA funding is not used for any direct football-related activities and is instead used for other elements of the scheme.
"This public sector investment will produce around £180m of private sector investment, which is a great platform for the regeneration of Anfield and Breckfield."
But with the continuing rising price of steel, not least because of the demand from China, there must now be at least some doubt as to whether Liverpool FC can afford to lead that private investment in the area.
The club last night said it could not comment on the situation until Mr Parry's return on Thursday.
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