Manchester United intend to privately finance a new Old Trafford stadium, which could inflate the club’s already enormous overall debt up to $4.5 billion (£3.4 billion). But the club is openly optimistic about investors already wanting to be part of the project.
Building a ‘Wembley of the north’ has been an ambition of co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe since he completed his initial minority buy-in at the start of 2024. The proposed stadium, for which concept plans as part of a wider urban regeneration vision were unveiled a year ago, will hold 100,000 people to become the largest such venue anywhere in the U.K.
