Manchester United would turn into Premier League title challengers if they signed Ivan Toney, according to the Peterborough United chairman who signed the forward six years ago.
19.03.2024 - 12:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Sir Jim Ratcliffe believes Manchester United have the 'opportunity' to build a 'state of the art' stadium that could house up to 100,000 supporters.
Ratcliffe, who is the chairman of petrochemical giant Ineos, completed a deal to secure a minority stake in United last month, bagging 27.7 per cent of the club's shares. The boyhood United supporter now has grand ambitions to transform the club's fortunes, both on and off the pitch.
Earlier this month, Ratcliffe enlisted Lord Sebastian Coe and Gary Neville to join a task force to explore options for regenerating Old Trafford. The United co-owner has made no secret of the fact he would prefer to bulldoze Old Trafford and build a brand-new stadium on the existing site.
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Ratcliffe envisions building a stadium that is capable of hosting the FA Cup final and England fixtures. He is adamant United need a stadium that reflects their brand and stature.
"It needs to have a stadium that's befitting the club and the brand," Ratcliffe told the Geraint Thomas Cycling Club podcast. "That might have been the case 20 years ago, but it isn't today.
"I mean we can refurbish the ground and we'll do a really nice job of that, it will be a fantastic stadium. And that would cost about a billion [pounds] to do that and the club can shoulder that burden.
"But you have got this opportunity if you choose to to build a completely new ground because we have got enough space to build a completely new ground. If you built a completely new ground it would absolutely be state of the art, world-class, 90,000 or maybe
Manchester United would turn into Premier League title challengers if they signed Ivan Toney, according to the Peterborough United chairman who signed the forward six years ago.
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