Omar Berrada says Manchester United has secured land for a new 100,000-seat stadium near Old Trafford

Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada said on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, that plans for a new 100,000-seat stadium are still advancing after the club secured land for the proposed site near Old Trafford.

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Journalist Fabrizio Romano reported Mr Berrada’s words: “Our other main area of focus is our plan to develop a new 100,000 seater stadium. We have now completed the major milestone of securing the land which will form part of the proposed location of the new stadium.”

That land step was first made public in June 2026. Manchester United bought a 25-acre triangle about 350 metres north-west of Old Trafford, between Wharfside Way, Europa Way and John Gilbert Way, from Indurent, a Blackstone-backed industrial landlord.

The club said the plot covers most of the ground needed for the new arena and that Freightliner land behind the Stretford End is no longer required for the stadium itself. The purchase price was not disclosed.

The project sits inside a wider Trafford Wharfside regeneration of about 370 acres, first framed when co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe unveiled a Foster + Partners concept in March 2025.

Officials have spoken of a scheme costing around £2 billion, with claims of about 15,000 homes, tens of thousands of jobs and a large annual boost to the UK economy. Those figures remain forecasts, not finished results.

Collette Roche, chief executive of Manchester United’s new stadium development, called the June purchase “a significant milestone” and said the club was moving into the next phase. A Wharfside masterplan followed in July 2026.

Building so close to the present ground would, in theory, let United keep playing at Old Trafford while the new bowl rises. The future of the current stadium has not been settled in public.

A 100,000-seat ground would be the largest in the United Kingdom, ahead of Wembley’s 90,000, and among the biggest in Europe. Design work, remaining parcels of land, planning consent and funding still stand between today’s statement and a first fixture.

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Mr Berrada has previously said that once the exact site was locked in, the club could finalise the design and then the cost. Wednesday’s remark repeats that sequence rather than naming an opening year.