Manchester United plan to build a new two billion pound ($2.59 billion) 100,000-seat stadium that will be the biggest in Britain, next to the existing Old Trafford, the club announced on Tuesday.

Norman Foster’s redesign of Old Trafford brings to the fore a long-standing uneasiness about the monetisation of football

Manchester United Plc’s surprise announcement this week of plans for a new 100,000-seater stadium was the easy bit. Now it needs to find the money.

Plans for Manchester United's proposed 100,000-seater have been thrown into doubt by industry-leading experts.