Man United hope to open their new stadium in the 2030/31 season as they seek a move away from Old Trafford.
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An architect's image of Manchester United's new stadium.
Manchester United hope to open their new stadium in 2030.
EFL chairman Rick Parry has refused to rule out the prospect of Manchester United's new stadium being a venue for the League Cup final in the future.
United launched plans to build a new 100,000-seater stadium on Tuesday and hope to have it open by the start of the 2030/31 season. Co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe had made no secret of his wish to move United into a new home and he believes it could become a venue that could host England games and the Champions League final.
The League Cup final has been hosted at the new Wembley every year since 2008, after being staged at the Millennium Stadium between 2001 and 2007 while England's national stadium was rebuilt.
The last League Cup final to be staged away from either Wembley or the Millennium Stadium was at Hillsborough in 1997, at which point League Cup finals that finished level were decided via a replay. Leicester City defeated Middlesbrough 1-0 in the replay after the original tie had finished 1-1 at Wembley.
On the prospect of United's new stadium being an alternative venue to host the League Cup final in the future, Parry told talkSPORT: "Well, it's always nice to have an alternative. And it's very exciting for the north. So exciting news, positive news.
"Again, from the EFL's point of view, the more that our biggest clubs grow and thrive, the stronger the game will be.
"So we always look on with interest, but that's a few years away yet, but having alternatives is never a bad thing."
United last reached the League Cup final in 2023, beating Newcastle United 2-0 at Wembley. That was their first appearance in the final of the competition since beating Southampton in 2017.