Manchester United’s news stadium could very well be in line to host matches in the 2035 Women’s World Cup.
It was announced last month that the club had to decided to build a new 100,000 seater stadium.
Norman Foster, the lead architect of the project, has claimed that it will take just five years to build the New Trafford and that they aim to complete the project by 2030.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has claimed that any new arena should be like a Wembley of the North and in fact, would hold 10,000 more people than the current Wembley in London.
What’s more, it has also been suggested that the new stadium could host England games or even League Cup finals in the future.
The Guardian now reports that “Wembley and a new Manchester United stadium could be crown jewels in the 2035 Women’s World Cup after Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, announced the United Kingdom had a clear run at hosting the tournament.”
As there are no other bidders, the UK will host its first football world cup since 1966, when they last won the tournament.
The Football Association (FA) fully expects Wembley to host the final even though FIFA will make the final decision.
Nonetheless, United’s new stadium could also become a “focal part” of the tournament if it is projected to be finished on time.
The FA’s CEO Mark Bullingham commented, “we’re going to have conversations with them and work out if they can be part of it or not.”
“We’ve got a number of different stadia being built in the country, potentially Man United, potentially Birmingham, and with a 10-year horizon you’ve got to work out exactly where you’ll be then. There will be lots of conversations to be had.”
Old Trafford hosted some matches of the 1966 World Cup, Euro 1996 and the Women’s Euros in 2022. It was famously not selected to be a part of the UK and Ireland’s joint Euro 2028 bid, however.
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
