Manchester United have confirmed plans to leave Old Trafford and move to a new 100,000-seater stadium.
United have spent the last 115 years at Old Trafford, which currently holds nearly 74,000 spectators.
Their new stadium is expected to be built on club-owned land adjacent to Old Trafford.
United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has previously spoken on wanting to build a ‘Wembley of the North’.
The Old Trafford Regeneration Task Force – which is chaired by Ratcliffe, but also includes Sky Sports pundit and former United defender Gary Neville and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham – have now confirmed the club’s intention to build a new stadium that would make it the largest in the UK.
“Today marks the start of an incredibly exciting journey to the delivery of what will be the world’s greatest football stadium, at the centre of a regenerated Old Trafford,” said Ratcliffe.
“Our current stadium has served us brilliantly for the past 115 years, but it has fallen behind the best arenas in world sport. By building next to the existing site, we will be able to preserve the essence of Old Trafford, while creating a truly state-of-the-art stadium that transforms the fan experience only footsteps from our historic home.”
However, questions on how the club will finance the cost of the new stadium are still to be answered after Ratcliffe said earlier this week that Man Utd would have run out of money by Christmas had he not made a series of recent cost-saving cuts
