![]() Rainbow armbands could be BANNED at this summer's Women's World Cup, as FIFA tell teams they want them to wear a standard captain's band Tottenham in disarray as managing director Fabio Paratici is banned WORLDWIDE for two-and-a-half YEARS over 'financial malpractice' with the club set to reverse their traditional plans despite Klopp's thoughtsĪnthony Joshua vs Jermaine Franklin press conference LIVE: The heavyweight duo face off ahead of this weekend's clash in London Liverpool 'could BREAK Jurgen Klopp's golden rule for pre-season'. 'I'm feeling guilty now': Alan Shearer leaves Micah Richards stunned after putting him TENTH in his top 10 best pundits list But a greater crime would be to cut themselves off from a better future.Ĭasemiro might not be captain material, Spain are in crisis and Van Dijk was called 'arrogant' but Lukaku and Denmark's 'new Haaland' shone There will always be those who accuse the club of betraying the legacies of the past. It is time for United to act like a big club. It doesn’t offer United the opportunities it should. But it is a bad place to try to buy a coffee or a beer or have a wee. Old Trafford is still a great place to watch a game. Two seasons would pass soon enough and at the end of it would stand a suitable vision of United’s future. ![]() It is seven years since Leicester City won the Premier League. It is three years since the Covid pandemic struck. So at the very worst, a supporter will spend two years watching United on TV before taking his or her place at the new Old Trafford. Some will take that and some won’t.Īt the same time guarantee all of them a similar category of seat at the new stadium when it is ready. Offer your season-ticket holders a seat at the national stadium and some kind of subsidised travel to get there. A ground share with Liverpool, Leeds or City? Simply not going to happen.īut sacrifices need to be made to secure the long-term so here is the solution. There is nowhere remotely big enough or palatable enough in the north to house them for the two years it would take to build their new house. Tottenham played at Wembley while their ground was being built. Tottenham played at Wembley for a couple of years while they built their new stadium, and United must also be willing to make sacrifices to move forward as a club It is this that should inspire United right now and it is interesting that the club have appointed the very same architects. ![]() Somehow they managed to build one of the world’s very best football stadiums virtually on the same plot as White Hart Lane and, every time I visit, it takes my breath away. Tottenham found a way through that maze too. They will be Everton but will no longer be in Everton and so, immediately, something is lost. So work at what is a much-improved but nevertheless imperfect Anfield continues while Everton build what looks set to be a beautiful stadium down by the docks. Instead, the Merseyside clubs stepped away and returned to their own projects. Light it up red one week and blue the next. They could have had an Anfield End and a Goodison End. I don’t know anybody who agrees but that is beside the point.Ī best-in-class stadium could have been built on the doorstep of their current homes. Liverpool and Everton once briefly considered a ground share on the park that sits between Anfield and Goodison and they should have done it. That is so vital to this conversation that it simply cannot be overstated. It could still be called Old Trafford and the match-day rituals engrained in many fans - same tram, same pub, same chippy – would remain. This would be a rebuild on the same plot. This would not be West Ham or Southampton, or even Manchester City. This would not be one of those awful relocations. So they can build on it and this means Old Trafford can always be Old Trafford and that, to me, is the really important part. Most of it is car-park space that is empty for days. Old Trafford sits on an enormous plot of land. The truth is this is not so much a problem as an opportunity. The real betrayal of Manchester United would be in making a decision that prevents the club moving forward. It feels like you are betraying the history and traditions of a great football institution. It sounds like heresy, doesn’t it?Īs soon as the words are out of your mouth, it sounds wrong. And my firm view is they should knock it down. I have been there to work more than any other stadium in the country. Old Trafford is a few miles from my house. I live in Manchester and know many United supporters. United could build a new ground on the site of Old Trafford as the club owns the land around it
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