{"id":605897,"date":"2021-12-23T13:06:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=605897"},"modified":"2021-12-23T13:12:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:12:25","slug":"manchester-united-confirm-plans-modernise-old-trafford-carrington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/12\/23\/manchester-united-confirm-plans-modernise-old-trafford-carrington\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Confirm Plans to Modernise Old Trafford and Carrington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have confirmed that they are looking to modernise both Old Trafford and their training ground, Carrington. The announcement acts as an update to fans that detailed plans are on their way and that they will have a role in the process.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Confirm Plans to Modernise Old Trafford and Carrington<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2139\ufe0f United fans have been given an update on plans to modernise Old Trafford&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1473950146715131909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Modernisation Update<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/club-updates-fans-on-exciting-plans-for-old-trafford\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The club said<\/a>: &#8220;Initial meetings have taken place between the club and a number of architectural and engineering companies to present their credentials as potential partners for the project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Collette Roche, Manchester United&#8217;s Chief Operating Officer, told the club&#8217;s fan forum &#8220;these meetings have produced exciting potential ideas&#8221; but insisted they are still in the early stages.<\/p>\n<p>They are yet to appoint master planners, decide on the scope and budget and whether to increase Old Trafford&#8217;s capacity. This will be \u201cbased on analysis and on consultation&#8221; which has \u201cno preconceived ideas or limits\u201d, according to Roche.<\/p>\n<p>The Fans\u2019 Advisory Board will be consulted and the fans forum will be briefed throughout the process.<\/p>\n<p>Carrington, on the other hand, is at a much more advanced stage. Roche said master planners have been appointed with the target of integrating the men&#8217;s women&#8217;s and academy&#8217;s facilities together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2021\/12\/23\/man-utd-eye-second-stadium-womens-team-academy-plans-modernise\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One proposal<\/a> reportedly includes a small second stadium where women academy matches can be played. Currently the women&#8217;s team and the Under-23&#8217;s play most of their matches at Leigh Sports Village and the Under-18s play at Carrington.<\/p>\n<h3>A Step in the Right Direction<\/h3>\n<p>This news will be welcomed by football fans after the Glazer&#8217;s came under scrutiny for showing a disregard for the legendary stadium.<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/05\/03\/manchester-united-old-trafford-protest\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United fans protested against the ownership in May 2021<\/a>, supporters, as well as Gary Neville, pointed to the lack of investment in the stadium as a source of anger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You look at the club now, this stadium I know it looks great here but if you go behind the scenes it&#8217;s rusty and rotting,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-9540559\/Manchester-United-Glazers-left-Old-Trafford-decay.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neville said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The training ground is probably not even top five in this country, they haven&#8217;t got to a Champions League semi-final in 10 years and we haven&#8217;t won a league here for eight years. The land around the ground is undeveloped, dormant and derelict, while every other club seems to be developing the facilities and the fan experiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwissRamble\/status\/1389460131868463108\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swiss Ramble<\/a>, the football financial blog, analysed that United had spent \u00a3118m in eleven years at that time. This contrasted to Liverpool spending \u00a3278 million, Manchester City spending \u00a3374 million and Tottenham spending \u00a31.4 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The Glazer&#8217;s and other club figures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-9540559\/Manchester-United-Glazers-left-Old-Trafford-decay.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">promised greater investment and coordination<\/a> was on the way as a result. This update seems to be a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"H_oFDZjaSW9_GC3UKh-5pA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1349242228\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'H_oFDZjaSW9_GC3UKh-5pA',sig:'u2Ui83NbJ9KTjlg9M9MFJEWFOaQYcymA77gX4sxIqSc=',w:'594px',h:'361px',items:'1349242228',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have confirmed that they are looking to modernise both Old Trafford and their training ground, Carrington. 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