Man United's stadium plans to be 'massively impacted' by new reveal

Manchester United can expect to face further setbacks to their ambitious stadium plans after racking up a debt of £1.1billion.

That is according to former Manchester City financial adviser Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider that there is "no more cash flow" to begin the building phase.

It is only recently that the Red Devils successfully acquired another 25 acres ahead of building a brand-new stadium, expected to be build very close to the current Old Trafford.

Of course, this is a very pricely project, but with plans of making it a 100,000 seater, it is easy to understand why the owners are so keen to get it started.

Major questions, however, are now being asked of how it can possibly be afforded, with the latest accounts showing £1.1bn of debt since the Glazers' takeover in 2005.

The owners borrowed another £ 90 90million during the summer window, as Michael Carrick needed squad additions ahead of the 2026-27 campaign.

'How do Man United fund the stadium?'

Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, Borson has explained why he is so "sceptical" of Man United's stadium plans, especially now.

"It will massively impact it because there's only a certain amount of cash flow coming out of the business," he said.

"And so the cash flow that's coming out of the business at the moment is servicing the debt that they've got. There's not a lot of capacity for the cash flows of the business to service more debt.

"So the question is, how do they fund the stadium? Because certainly in the build phase of the stadium, there's no more cash flows. You need cash to be able to build to pay the builders.

"It's obviously a very expensive project. I just don't see how the numbers work. So we'll see. But, I've always been pretty sceptical as to how they can fund such an enormous project."

Man United's owners are holding the club back

It is clear for all to see that the owners and Sir Jim Ratcliffe are trying to save more money in any way possible on and off the pitch.

The Red Devils have even had the genius idea of selling segments of the old pitch for £125 each, which could make an eye-watering amount of money by itself.

However, while fans expected a lot of cash to splashed during the summer, many were left disappointed by who was actually added to the squad.

Carrick is in desperate need of having his defensive third totally revamped, but that doesn't look possible in the next couple of transfer windows.