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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jamie Jackson

Manchester United insist new stadium ‘not vanity project’ despite prospect of more debt

Manchester United stadium renders.
Manchester United are planning for their new stadium to be built 350 metres north-west of the current Old Trafford. Photograph: Allies and Morrison

Manchester United have said their proposed new 100,000-capacity ­stadium may lead to further debt being loaded on the club but insisted it would be “a sanity, not vanity project”.

Plans for United’s new home were unveiled on Thursday and showed it would be built 350 metres north-west of the current Old Trafford. The club are about £1.3bn in debt and in March 2025 Omar Berrada, United’s chief executive, said £2bn was the working cost of the stadium.

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