MANCHESTER UNITED’s new £2billion Old Trafford has been backed to host a major sporting event.
The Red Devils are hoping to have made the move into the state-of-the-art stadium by 2030.
The completion date is still viewed as optimistic, but Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is confident the stadium will be useful.
He is a part of the task force behind the construction of the new stadium, which is hoped to become a “Wembley of the North”.
Burnham wants the new 100,000-seater home of United to be one of the host stadiums for the 2035 Women’s World Cup.
He revealed his aim while appearing on The Added Time podcast.
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He said: “It’s a major growth project for the whole of the Northwest.
“Amd the enticing prospect in my mind is if we really get it moving, I think there’s a fairly high likelihood that we will be hosting the women’s Fifa World Cup in 2035.
“Imagine a final at that New Trafford, new Old Trafford.
“It would be quite something to aim for, wouldn’t it?”
Funding for the lucrative project remains a point of contention.
United are hoping to use government cash for the wider infrastructure of a development which will also include 17,000 homes.
Last month, Old Trafford chiefs still needed to source their own funding for the stadium itself.
The Women’s World Cup in 2035 will be played across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The tournament will be contested by 48 teams and will be the second of that size following its expansion from 2031.
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