Manchester United

[Norbs]

Looks incredible to be fair, lucky cunts. Not so much the stadium but the area

[Sus]

PR wise this is all disastrous, they’ve clearly not consulted anyone with even a semblance of PR understanding.

Pleading poverty and slashing staff lunch budgets, removing a £40k pledge to support an ex-players charity one day, proposing a £2bn stadium the next.

And on top of that, putting the boot into players INEOS didn't sign and bigging up the players & coaches they did sign is really transparent, right?

[SB]

It'll come with one of these for whoever's at the wheel..

love it & so fitting

[Cerbie]

Strong H&G vibes with new stadium proposal.

a billion £ in debt, which, according to Ratcliffe, would have seen the club go under by Xmas 2025 if they hadn't sacked a few dinner ladies, does not exactly play well to the investor market.

They will be asking someone to fund an additional £2bn++ for the new stadium against that operating backdrop and their worst league finish in 35 years, with little hope of turning it around on the pitch quickly—that kind of money will come at a very healthy premium.

[Scratch]

Strong H&G vibes with new stadium proposal.

That's my gut feeling too, it will be much like our "spade in the ground" stadium.

Unless the government bails them out, funding wise.

[dom9]

If that ends up costing only £2bn, I'll be flabbergasted.

[Buzzo]

PR wise this is all disastrous, they’ve clearly not consulted anyone with even a semblance of PR understanding.

Pleading poverty and slashing staff lunch budgets, removing a £40k pledge to support an ex-players charity one day, proposing a £2bn stadium the next.

[dom9]

Strong H&G vibes with new stadium proposal.

[Cerbie]

Surely Anfiled is deserving of some regeneration too?

That would allow us to extend the Kop and the SKD stands. If the Government sets a precedent by funding urban regeneration and adding the necessary infrastructure for Utd, we should be all over that.

[Cerbie]

It'll come with one of these for whoever's at the wheel..

PMSL at that!

[Cerbie]

Rendering of their new stadium has been released.

It looks like a giant circus tent.

A **** giant circus tent

Given the **** show at the club a circus tent is entirely appropriate!

The proposed modular design & using the ship canal is a good idea tho. The width restrictions at the locks and building a fab yard further up the canal with a suitable berth would be challenges to overcome. But anything is possible with enough money and a compliant planning dept.

I think Elsmere Port or, more likely, Runcorn would be possible locations for the yard.

[DerKrampus]

Rendering of their new stadium has been released.

It looks like a giant circus tent.

A **** giant circus tent

It'll come with one of these for whoever's at the wheel..

[spud_gun]

Rendering of their new stadium has been released.

It looks like a giant circus tent.

A **** giant circus tent

[spud_gun]

The consensus seems to be they won't get a penny of public money for the actual stadium build however the infrastructure improvements and redevelopment of the area surrounding the stadium will be met in part by public finances.

[labourRed]

I assume Sir Big Jim is pretty much banking a a huge government subsidy to redevelop Old Trafford and its surrounds. You know, standard billionaire style - government is an inefficient waste of tax payers money except for when they give that money to them. ****in guillotine the lot of em. Monaco tax exile cunt.

That's the only way out of the mess they are in. As PSR doesn't come into it. If they can get their revenue up they'll be fine. I doubt they'll get much out of the taxpayers though - optics, a labour govt and the country is skint.