Former Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt has disclosed that the club must move on from Old Trafford because it has fallen behind modern grounds in the country.
Speaking in an interview with Midnite, he noted that fans might miss the nostalgia, but the club needs to follow the lead of other top sides with modern facilities.
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Old Trafford has faced issues with leaking roofs and worn-out seating, leading to ongoing discussions about building a new 100,000-capacity stadium or carrying out massive redevelopments.
“You look at Arsenal. You look at all these top clubs. You look at all these beautiful stadiums around now. You have to do that. It’s nostalgia will be like ‘Oh, it’s not great, it’s not Old Trafford at all’.
“But if you don’t do that, the older the stadium just gets older and older and older. It ends up becoming everyone wants to forget about how good how big that stadium used to be, how great it used to be. It’s just what happens with football.
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“You’ve got to move on. I think the problem with it is when you start renaming the stadium and naming rights, that’s when people start seeing the bad side a little bit, which will happen. It’s a all part of it, but Old Trafford will always be Old Trafford.
“There’s no point trying to stick there and stay there with it. It isn’t. It isn’t the best stadium in the world. It’s not even the best stadium in the country. And United being the club that they are, they should have the best stadium, or at least one of the best stadiums in the country. And I think that will happen if they move, and it’s going to have to move purely fast if not doable in the same footprint.”
