Manchester United start work on Old Trafford improvements ahead of Sir Jim Ratcliffe decision

Manchester United have begun to make summer upgrades to Old Trafford ahead of the new season.

There is currently a screen erected beside the Megastore at Old Trafford, which prevents public access to the turnstile area beneath the North East corner.

United have started painting work as part of their 'regular summer upgrades' in preparation for the new season and the screen was up due to existing paint being sandblasted off.

The South West Quad and North West Quad will be given a new lick of paint and a rubbish skip was spotted outside the away team turnstiles near the Munich Tunnel.

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A poster showing Lisandro Martinez and United women's player Katie Zelem was removed on the East Stand glass just a few weeks ago ahead of the summer changes.

Old Trafford has been a prominent talking point since Sir Jim Ratcliffe's acquisition of a minority stake and plans are underway to revamp or rebuild.

Although Old Trafford was once a state-of-the-art stadium, it has fallen behind in the last 10 years and there were shocking scenes when United lost 1-0 against Arsenal on May 12 when a deluge of rain hit Manchester and leaked into the ground, descending over seats.

The club said 1.6 inches of rain came down in the two hours after the final whistle, which is more than half of the amount that had fallen on Old Trafford throughout the whole of May 2023.

United sources privately conceded 'some parts of the stadium struggled to cope' but reiterated that Ratcliffe has created an Old Trafford task force to address such issues.

It's understood the task force will conclude their findings by the end of the summer and