Man Utd owners INEOS 'make Old Trafford U-turn' with new plan for stadium

Manchester United are reportedly willing to ‘bulldoze Old Trafford to the ground’ if they decide against redeveloping the iconic stadium.

Since the arrival of INEOS, talks have been held about whether to redevelop the 114-year-old ground or build a new state-of-the-art stadium elsewhere, which would be regarded as the Wembley of the North.

If a new stadium was to be build, United were previously looking to scale down the size of Old Trafford so that it can be used by their women’s and academy teams, though that proposal is now being questioned by INEOS.

According to the Daily Mail, United are ready to ‘abandon’ the plans to keep Old Trafford if they press on with the favoured idea of building a new stadium next door.

Club chiefs are said to have recognised that the idea is essentially a second stadium project which would need to be worked on alongside the plans for a new ground, which is expected to be worth in the region of £2billion.

United believe that scaling down Old Trafford to a venue with a capacity of 30,000 is ‘unlikely to work’ and how the build and restoration would be incredibly ‘complex’ and pricey overall when a new top-quality stadium would be nearby.