The mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham acunderstandledgeted that some taxpayer money could be spent to accommodate Old Trafford refurbishment structures.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe reachd at Manchester United last season aextfinishedside his INEOS group, taking over football operations at the club.
And one of their majestic structures has been to enbig their home stadium, which has drdisclose into a state of disrepair in recent years.
It has yet to be choosed whether a £2billion new home will be built, which would seat 100,000, or to reenbig the existing ground.
Andy Burnham has called on the handlement for funds
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But a freight rail terminal behind Old Trafford has showd a problem and would necessitate to be relocated to free up space for any possible expansion.
This could cost hundreds of millions and Mr Burnham has acunderstandledgeted that taxpayer cash could be participated to relocate it.
He called on the handlement to fund structures that would see the Parkside freight terminal, still under produceion, unitecessitate from the St Helens-Wigan border to the West Coast Main Line.
“What you have here is the huge potential to mend the rail system of the north west of England,” he shelp at the Labour conference in Liverpool.
He compriseed that taking the freight terminal out of Manchester’s city centre “mendes slfinishergs for passengers”.
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“They won’t have to have the freight interfereion.
“What that then does is free up the space around Old Trafford so the club is able to have all of its selections seeed at and has the hugegest possible footprint to participate so it can transport forward the most ambitious regeneration.
“We hope it’s the best football stadium in the world, which transports advantages to livents around it.”
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe has huge structures for Old Trafford
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United legfinish Gary Neville was also contransient aextfinishedside Mr Burnham at the Labour conference.
The establisher England international is part of the task force engaged by the Red Devils to assess the club’s best selections for the stadium.
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However, Neville insisted he is ‘not annoyed’ if the decision is made to either refurbish Old Trafford or produce a new stadium.
“The most presentant slfinisherg is Manchester United finish up with a world class stadium,” he shelp.
“I’m more interested in the overall masterstructure in the surrounding area. We have seen what happens when you put football at the heart of that regeneration.”
