Manchester United chiefs have called on the government to support construction

Manchester United chiefs have called on the government to support construction in the region as the club looks to build a new stadium.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe appointed Lord Norman Foster to design a new stadium for Manchester United as they look to move on from a crumbling Old Trafford.

It is set to seat 100,000 fans and include three towers, the tallest of which will be seen from the Liverpool Metropolitan Area.

And the club’s chief operating officer Collette Roche has called upon government funding to be part of the wider project.

“There’s no point building the best and biggest stadium in the UK and it being on an island where you can’t get to it because the transport links aren’t there,” she said, “or people

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