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Jim Heverin, a stadium architect who has worked on projects including the London Olympics and the World Cup in Qatar, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live on Manchester United's new stadium...

It'll be in the details where we will see whether it has got that multi-functionality. Has it got closing roof? Do you change the field of play?

Does it do more than just football? Are you able to change sports? Are you able to have concerts within? That is the trend at the moment.

It becomes more than just a venue for one club. It becomes part of the city in terms of destination for a whole host of sports and cultural events.

We'll be sticking with the big news story that Manchester United have announced plans to build a new 100,000 seater stadium as we tick into lunchtime.

Your views have been flooding in and there is a clear split of opinion on matters - so keep them coming.

We'll also be previewing tonight's Champions League action a little bit later so stick with us.

There is absolutely loads to come.

Nothing like a big news story to consume the day, eh?

If you have somehow managed to miss what has been going on for the last few hours, here are some of the big talking points you've missed.

• Man Utd announce plans to build 100,000 seater stadium.
• Club hope development will be finished in five years.
• Concept images of what the new stadium could look like.
• A comparison to Spurs' state of the art Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
• Also, Sir Jim Ratcliffe's big interview and what he has said about some "overpaid" Man Utd players.

What are you talking about, it was glorious at the weekend!

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Another question this morning was what would happen to Old Trafford once the new stadium is built.

Architects Forster and Partners said that Old Trafford, which has been the home of Manchester United since 1910, will be demolished.

The new stadium is to be built next to the existing ground.

"By building next to the existing site, we will be able to preserve the essence of Old Trafford," Sir Jim Ratcliffe said.

It was touted earlier that the current venue could be scaled down and used by United's women's and youth teams, similar to what Manchester City have done in their Etihad campus.

However, as we reported in September 2024, reducing the size of Old Trafford to accommodate other teams would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and the architects have now confirmed it "is not financially viable".

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Although, speaking later to the BBC, United chief executive Omar Berrada said: "no decision has been made".

BBC Sport understands it remains unlikely that the existing stadium will be kept.

There has also been plenty of questions raised about the timescale of the new Manchester United stadium project.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe explained today how it could be completed within five years: "It depends how quickly the Government gets going with the regeneration programme - we underpin it. I think they want to get going quite quickly, they want to see progress in this term.

"It will be a modular build, it will be an immense amount of work for the people of Manchester. Normally, if you build a stadium it is a 10-year project. If we get going with the Government, it will be a five-year project."

We are hearing from people who are familiar with the Old Trafford area that it is quite difficult to picture exactly where the new stadium will be situated.

It is probably fair to say that while the artistic images supplied by architecture group Foster + Partners look great, they are pretty difficult to imagine in the real setting.

A look at what the surrounding areas could look like near the new Manchester United ground, as designed by the architecture group, Foster + Partners.

Lord Seb Coe, who is chairman of a task force looking into the regeneration of Old Trafford, on the boost that any project will have on the surrounding community: "The one thing that is often overlooked, is the most important group of people that you are responsible to, the fans, but also the community you are putting that to. We did a lot of work with the fans, the chair of the Man Utd fan group is also on the board. We surveyed over 12,000 people. We just got more excited as the project developed."

Sir Jim Ratcliffe said: "I've been a lifelong fan of Manchester United, everywhere I go around the world, I meet Manchester United fans. In my view it is the world's favourite, the world's best club, it deserves to have the finest stadium in the world.

"Historically, it is the most significant in the world. It needs to be under-pinned by the world's most iconic sport stadium."

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They say that no-one likes change, but how many supporters that have moved into a shiny new stadium really spend all their time complaining?

Yes, there are often murmurs about a change in atmosphere, but can a football club afford to stand still?

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is adamant that Manchester United deserves to have "the world's finest stadium"...

Tottenham Hotspur spent an eye-watering amount on their new multi-purpose stadium that opened in 2019. Here is the breakdown of how much the new stadium cost and the capacity it holds:

• Tottenham Hotspur Stadium cost over £1bn
• The capacity of their new stadium is over 62,000, making it the largest club ground in London
• Manchester United's new stadium will cost £2bn
• Old Trafford can currently seat 75,000, but the new proposed stadium will hold 100,000 fans.

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Tottenham Hotspur's stadium has become a yardstick that new projects are measured against. Here's the timeline of how long the project took from start to finish:

• The initial plan to build a new stadium by Tottenham came out in 2011
• The construction didn't start until 2016
• The stadium was completed by 2019 with the opening fixture held against Crystal Palace that Spurs won 2-0
• Lord Norman Foster, who is heading the Manchester United project, said that the Old Trafford regeneration project will take five years to complete.

It is fair to say that the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has been held up as a successful stadium project.

Let's have a look at some of the details behind that to assess how long the Manchester United stadium plan could take to come to fruition and how much it might cost...

This concept image designed by the architecture group, Foster + Partners, shows a detailed sketch of the walkway to the new Manchester United ground and where things could be located in and around the stadium.

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