Manchester United shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe is reportedly planning to construct an enormous single-tier stand at a brand new Old Trafford, which might take inspiration from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It has lately been claimed that Ratcliffe is decided to press forward with both renovating Old Trafford or constructing a completely new stadium, with the present area in determined want of modernisation.

Ratcliffe is already stated to have put aside round £250million with a view to upgrading or changing Old Trafford within the close to future. The cash may also be used to redevelop the membership's coaching floor at Carrington, which has been their base for twenty-four years and will additionally do with some work.

In phrases of the Old Trafford undertaking, the favoured possibility could be to knock down the prevailing stadium and construct a brand new venue on the identical website, in line with the Daily Mail. It is alleged {that a} new stadium would come with a big single-tier stand behind one of many objectives, which might bear similarities with the 17,500-capacity stand at Tottenham's state-of-the-art area.

United's new venue would reportedly be capable of host 90,000 followers, with talks about how the undertaking could be funded already stated to be underway. Private funding companions at house and overseas are being sought out, whereas discussions have additionally taken place with native politicians as regards to authorities involvement.

Ratcliffe is regarded as optimistic that the undertaking could be accomplished throughout the subsequent 5 years, however it stays to be seen if his bold plans for the way forward for Old Trafford will fall into place. He will virtually definitely have to safe exterior funding with a view to bankroll the development of a brand new stadium, which has already been billed because the 'Wembley of the north'.

The undertaking will seemingly go down effectively amongst United followers if it goes forward as deliberate, with the decaying state of Old Trafford having been broadly criticised over the previous few years. Gary Neville lately branded the dearth of funding within the stadium as 'unforgivable', pointing to Anfield for example of how Old Trafford may very well be modernised after 17 years with out redevelopment work.

Speaking on the Diary Of A CEO podcast, Neville stated: "I used to laugh when I went to Anfield and compared it to Old Trafford. I'd always think they can never catch up, they're too far behind. They're building that second stand now behind the goal where the away fans sit. The main stand now is towering up.

"Anfield will probably be a extra trendy floor than Manchester United and Old Trafford in 12 months. That is unforgivable."

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