Manchester United wants to build a new stadium. Who would want to do the job?

By Dave Rogers2025-03-13T07:00:00

In these risk-free times, does a £2bn stadium and the glare of the media and ‘one billion fans’ really appeal to contractors? Dave Rogers reports

Plans for Manchester United’s stadium have been revealed and, as expected, the club wants to build a brand new one.

The club’s minority owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, said the scheme could be assembled using prefabricated “modules” transported down the Manchester ship canal, adding that it could be built in five years.

A day after telling the BBC that the club could have run out of money by the end of the year, the projected cost of the 100,000-seat ground has been put at £2bn.

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