Man Utd are right to want a new 100,000-capacity Old Trafford - but Sir Jim Ratcliffe & Co. - not UK taxpayers - must stump up the cash for 'Wembley of the North'

They have appointed a new CEO, sporting director and technical director and revamped the training ground. The most radical and significant step, however, is about to follow: the eventual demolition of Old Trafford and the building of a brand new, 100,000-capacity stadium in its place. It is a bold move that breaks with tradition, and it will be gut-wrenching to see the club’s historic home razed to the ground. It will also cost the club dear, to the tune of around £2 billion ($2.5bn). Yet one thing should be clear: however ambitious the project is, Ratcliffe and the club should be the ones financing it, not the British taxpayer.