Man Utd’s new stadium will be ‘global destination’, says architect Lord Foster

United have confirmed they will pursuing the new £2billion ground as part of a wider regeneration project.

A conceptual image of what the new Manchester United stadium and surrounding area could look like. Pic: Foster + Partners/PA handout

Manchester United’s bold design for a new 100,000-seater super stadium would only take five years to build and be the heart of “one of the most exciting projects in the world”, according to architect Lord Norman Foster.

The Premier League club had been looking at either redeveloping the nation’s largest club stadium or building a new one on adjacent club-owned land.