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Old Trafford has been Manchester United’s home ground since 1910.
The stadium’s overall capacity is 74,310 and has undergone several expansions over the last 30 years.
Since Sir Jim Ratcliffe took over football operations at United this year, he has expressed a desire to improve the club’s stadium.
There is much speculation over whether this will be in the form of an Old Trafford refurbishment or an entirely new stadium.
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New reports from the Daily Mail suggest that Ratcliffe is leaning towards the latter.
It is thought that the INEOS CEO wants to build a ‘Wembley of the North’ for United.
One proposed idea was to build a new stadium but still keep Old Trafford and scale its’ size down.
The plan would have been to reduce the capacity to 30,000 seats for the club’s women and academy sides.
The new stadium would be used to host the men’s first-team matches.
However, this plan would likely cost hundreds of millions to materialise, which is deterring United’s owners from committing to it.
Instead, Ratcliffe may want to entirely demolish Old Trafford and build a new £2bn home stadium.
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Over 100 years of history is attached to Old Trafford, which would put many United fans off Ratcliffe’s proposal.
In the case of a full demolition, sentimental artefcats associated with Old Trafford would likely be preserved.
These include the Munich clock and memorial, as well as statues of Sir Alex Ferguson and others.
As much as the plan of a new stadium may be beneficial in the long-term, nostalgia makes the idea of Old Trafford being demolished a tough pill to swallow.
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