New stadium will be privately financed

UNITED CONFIRM TALKS WITH INVESTORS FOR 100,000-SEATER HOME

- BY STEVEN RAILSTON

the new Manchester United stadium and surrounding area could look like

MANCHESTER United have confirmed a new 100,000-seater Old Trafford will be financed privately and “positive conversations” with potential investors and stakeholders are ongoing.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe initially floated the idea of taxpayers partly funding the £2billion project.

When plans for a new stadium were announced, Ratcliffe said: “People in the north pay their taxes and there is an argument you could think about a more ambitious project in the north which would be fitting for England, for the Champions League final or the FA Cup final.”