Man Utd revealed plans for a state-of-the-art new stadium last week, so what will happen to the current ground's landmarks?
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United revealed plans for a new Old Trafford.(Image: Manchester United)
Manchester United fans have been given assurances about the future of the Munich Clock following the unveiling of plans for a new 100,000-seater Old Trafford.
United unveiled ambitious plans for a state-of-the-art 100,000-seater stadium at an event in London last week and co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe said it could be built in five years.
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The cost of the new stadium would be £2billion. Taxpayers will not fund the project and construction could begin as early as the end of this year.
Although the current Old Trafford is likely to be demolished, Patrick Campbell, an architect at Foster + Partners, assured fans that features of the current stadium, like the Munich Clock, would "play such an important part in the design of how this all comes forward" when speaking to in-house media.
“A lot of communication that happened at the beginning of this process was about what are the most important things and lots and lots of feedback, ideas and conversations," said Campbell.
"And that’s what we want to get back to. Today has been a great day about talking about the art of the possible, and now what we want to do is to get back into those conversations with the fans and community groups, to understand how this should really take form in the future.”
He continued: "We were honoured and privileged to be at the recent (Munich air disaster) memorial. It’s so powerful. It’s so important and it’s non-negotiable.
"That has to be play such an important part in the design of how this all comes forward. We want to work with fans to understand what are the important pieces and what’s the best way of continuing that beautiful story of the history and making sure we can continue to honour those memories.
"So it’s about how could they be integrated within the new stadium, or the public spaces around the stadium? Or how we might even add to them. How can we make this [area] even more about Manchester United, about the history and the story which is unique to the club and unlike anything else?”
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