Can Man United really build a winning team as well as a $2.6 billion stadium?

FILE - Jim Ratcliffe, center, in the stands during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Arsenal at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, May 12, 2024.

FILE - Jim Ratcliffe, center, in the stands during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Arsenal at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, May 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, file)


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MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United wants to build the greatest stadium on earth. It wants to build the greatest soccer team as well. Something has got to give, surely? Ambitious plans for a 2 billion pounds, 100,000-seat stadium come at a time when United is already hundreds of millions of dollars in debt and undergoing brutal cost cutting measures. The situation is dire on the field as well. The record 20-time English champion is languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League, despite spending around $2 billion on players over the 12 years since it last won the title.

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