Rotating the stadium and Joel Glazer's preference - the plans Manchester United are considering for Old Trafford

Manchester United's powerbrokers are in favour of renovating Old Trafford, despite exploring options to build a new stadium.

Amid the possibility that the Glazer family could retain a sizeable portion of the 69% stake it currently holds, the United co-chairman Joel Glazer's preference is to preserve the heritage of the 113-year-old stadium.

Ironically, it is approaching four years since Glazer stepped foot inside Old Trafford. He has not attended a United match since the Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat to Barcelona in April 2019.

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Glazer's view of retaining Old Trafford is believed to be shared by senior club figures who are based in Manchester. Glazer is understood to have likened visiting Old Trafford, where United settled in 1910, to attending baseball games at Fenway Park, the storied home of the Boston Red Sox.

One of the reservations United have about building a new Old Trafford is it could become soulless within a certain period. United chief executive Richard Arnold, an ever-present at home and away games, is believed to have highlighted Villa Park and Goodison Park as antiquated grounds that still have pureness and character that modern stadia lacks.

Sources have cited Arsenal's Emirates Stadium as an example of a new arena that has become infamous for its moribund atmosphere and questioned whether the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which opened in 2019, will still be admired as much after it has been open for a decade.

Having appointed Populous, the masterplanners behind the new Wembley and Tottenham's stadium, United have been informed the cost of rebuilding Old Trafford or building a new stadium is roughly similar.

It has been estimated that