Manchester United announce £50m investment into Carrington for 'world-class' changes

Manchester United have unveiled plans to spend £50million on improvements at Carrington.

United will modernise the men’s first-team building at Carrington and all areas will be refurbished to deliver a 'world-class football facility with a positive culture to support future success'.

The refurbishment will begin next week and architectural firm Foster & Partners, which is led by Manchester-born Norman Foster, have been appointed to lead the project.

The firm has a history of designing football stadiums and arenas. They were responsible for the reshaping of Wembley Stadium and the design of the Lusail Stadium in Qatar.

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The renovation work is expected to be ongoing for the duration of the 2024/25 season and the initial focus will be on the gym, medical, nutrition and recovery areas for the players.

United have said the design will place an emphasis on creating more space for collaboration and innovation among players and staff. The club have also confirmed temporary adaptations will be made to the rest of the Carrington site to ensure players and staff from all teams can continue to operate successfully next season, which will be Erik ten Hag's third year in charge.

United invested £10m to create a state-of-the-art women’s and academy building last summer and once the refurbishment of the men's building is complete, the spending will total £60m.

Club sources have indicated the £50m will be drawn from the $300m fund that Sir Jim Ratcliffe committed for infrastructure as part of his acquisition of a minority stake.

Ratcliffe said: “We want to create a world-class environment for our