Manchester United FC: club to invest £50m in its Carrington training centre

Manchester United FC (Premier League) is investing £50m (€59.2m) as part of a plan to refurbish the men's team buildings at its Carrington training centre, announced the club on 14/06/2024.

The work, which is due to start on Monday 17/06/2024, will "focus on creating a high-performance collaborative environment for players and staff" and is due to be completed at the end of the 2024-25 season.

"This latest phase of development at Carrington follows the opening of the £10m state-of-the-art women's and academy building last summer - meaning more than £60m will have been invested in creating a truly integrated facility for our entire football department over the past two years," said the club.

This investment comes four months after British businessman Jim Ratcliffe (INEOS) approved the acquisition of a 25% stake in the club in a deal valued at $1.3bn (€1.18bn). The deal includes a $300m (€272m) fund earmarked for future investment at Old Trafford (74,879 capacity).

• Mancunian architects Foster + Partners have been appointed to manage the project.

"We want to create a world-class…