Manchester United's New Training Ground: Plans, Concepts & More | World Leading Facilities?

Manchester United's Carrington was once the best football training facility in England but has since been overtaken by the likes of Manchester City's Etihad Campus and Leicester City's McClaren designed facility.
Man United are now exploring options for a new training ground under Jim Ratcliffe, so let's run through everything we know so far about the plans, locations, the architects involved in the design and much more.
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[@UnitedPeoplesTV]

Manchester United are now exploring options for a new training ground under Jim Ratcliffe, so let's run through everything we know so far about the plans, locations, the architects involved in the design and much more.

[@Danny-iv5uu]

Do a Madrid!!! Build the Ineos training facility then loan it to Utd til they own 100% then give it to Utd or buy for discounted rate- left hand to right hand

[@ItsSweetLew]

Sam I just want to let you know that you are bloody awesome. Your hard work on your content is really showing. Keep pushing forwards, we are noticing!

[@ste4392]

I like what Howson suggested, I'd like to see it become a sports science centre of excellence, so we're ahead of the curve rather than catching up constantly

[@50pAndie2pounds2]

Its the only way dude 👍

[@ste4392]

@@50pAndie2pounds2 exactly, get partnerships with unis and start researching sporting performance

[@Scottuz]

Toto Wolf is team Principal at Mercedes, and a Investor in INEOS with Sir Jim, And it was Christian Horner that is Red Bull Principal

[@linvilleb1910]

£800m sponsor incoming from Mercedes AMG Petronas 😁

[@carlfrederickbowers]

Another thoughtful video, really like the knowledge and detail you put into them. Not just feelings that you get on other channels.

[@Scottuz]

Carrington isn't held in the same regard as the Cliff was, and moving into a Brand new Training Complex, would be fabulous for new signings, and the Teams at Utd, but it's the Stadium, that will cause more controversy

[@Red-wr4bg]

i agree, whatever decision is made on old trafford will be scrutinized immediately, whether its a revamp or a completely new stadium as a result of the neglect, a revamp would keep old trafford around but would take much longer and cost more which might not go well with the other issues the club has to address, building a completely new stadium would probably be a better idea but fans may not like it because of how important old trafford is to us

[@leemcd88888]

The cliff is old school I use to live on lower Broughton road

[@seanhimselfdrums9305]

A great view on this Sam, and it has been fascinating reading comments. I echo the sentiment that maybe we shouldn't be looking at "best in class" like Gary Neville commented but actually looking at broadening what is the future of football as a science and continually being the fore-bearers. Us common folk who work a 9-5, we are massively swayed on what job we work depending on the environment we are offered to work in. Some of us choose to work a lesser paid job because of the positive environment we work in. What makes us the more attractive to work for, is only going to help us as we approach new talent. Although I think the rebuilding of Carrington / new facilities is a massive improvement for our club, one that I wholesomely encourage because of our affinity with bringing through young talent, we have to accept it will take the best part of a decade for it to bare fruit. Sadly, City are an example of this.

[@Danny-iv5uu]

Do a Madrid!!! Build the Ineos training facility then loan it to Utd til they own 100% then give it to Utd or buy for discounted rate- left hand to right hand

[@AlexRaha]

Great vid Sam. Just a thought, but surely selling off Carrington and possibly the Cliff would help fund a new location? And as Gary Neville has said, it should be "best in class".

[@mogakolodiratsoma9180]

You're the best Sam, love your presentations,always well researched and top notch deliveries.....

[@chrissilvester5663]

I think that's exactly what's needed a completely new state of the art training facility. The designer behind Leicester City's training ground ( which has become among the best in the UK ) is on board with helping us design & build a new state of the art training facilities on a massive patch of land hence why we're looking into purchasing golf courses & turn into a a proper state of the art training facilities. That's what happened with Leicester. Regarding Carrington we could yet keep it for our women's team & our youth team who knows either way I'm all for this

[@markbirtchnell2249]

Makes sense to sell off Carrington and the Cliff and just consolidate everything in one place. Considering they just revamped the Cliff for the Womens team though you wonder if they would want to do that.

[@chrissilvester5663]

@@markbirtchnell2249 Well we've just spent millions on updating the women's facilities at Carrington so I highly doubt we'll wanna piss that up the wall. I think the women may stay at Carrington where's the men's & youth teams move to a completely brand new site

[@ianhampton6856]

It would be amazing if SJR invites you Sam to press questions and answers, especially in this new age of fan social media, feck mainstream press. Brilliant vid way beyond any other united KZbin channel.

[@asadhussain5267]

Good to see ineos already implementing change. Surely they've done the research and that's why they're looking at golf courses. Great video Sam

[@LexnZo99]

That looks much better .. but what about new trafford stadium??

[@anthonyokonkwo843]

Good afternoon Sam, the truth is that even if its the same architectural committee and link, its doesn't mean the design is gonna be similar. I believe that the United group will be tasking these guys to bring out a much better design and version of the new Carrington. And its high time that we get a state of the art facility 🙏👍

[@RetroPaolo]

Fascinating video with some great research 👏

[@henrikkjellmann8842]

Sam... Your work is (again) exceptional, and second to none !!!

[@Carlosbhai1]

Great concept! This can be a state of art

[@antawn7174]

Toto Wolfe is 1/3 owner of the Mercedes f1 team and team principal

[@jayayrhodes]

I would love for the womens and youth teams to have a proper stadium and training complex on the Carrington site. And I would like us to do something at The Cliff too. I think it’s important that everyone trains at the same complex so a new training facility/campus should include youth and womens teams. 😂 I like Howsons idea that United should create a sporting centre of excellence where we employ the best people in all related disciplines to ensure United are at the cutting edge of physical and mental preparedness.

[@dannya6825]

Another great video. Keep up the hard work Sam. Yeah, i think it's best we keep all the different United teams training at one location as it would be a morale boost for all the players.

[@jallowabdourahman217]

Thank you SAM 👏👏👏 as always

[@Njpro]

The content Sam brings out is insane. I can't wait until us as a community can start boasting about United as a footballing treasure once again. It'll be amazing in here ❤️

[@Yawdyabroad]

Love the content direction keep going higher brother

[@user-mc4tm9lh6x]

If they want to keep both that's maybe because they might consider building a new stadium at Carrington in the future

[@dave6445]

I'd like to see the team fixed on the pitch, before talking about a new training complex!

[@Tai91827]

One overlooked advantage with Ineos- they will have contacts and connections to get materials and plans at cheaper prices.

[@itsjustdanny_]

Great content Sam

[@araf959]

Sam am sure McLaren is a building company no link to the sports company mate apart from the same name

[@marshman6357]

The best Man Utd fan channel on KZbin

[@MichaelEnright-gk6yc]

I'm excited this feels like a fresh start.

[@bryan64022]

Time to improve to modern facility with everything modernized

[@Kris_jellybeard]

Great video Sam.

[@treylee2060]

I love this channel !

[@johnhammond4214]

One training complex for all United teams would result in economies of scale and better use of resources. One lot of medical staff, one gym that would be used far more, etc, etc. A golf club would make perfect sense. Interest in playing golf has plummeted over the last 20 years and waiting lists for golf club membership have fallen from 5+ years at some clubs to clubs offering 6 months free membership. I imagine that a training ground would also fit in with councils planning regulations, as it would still be a sports facility. Please do it asap and get United back to the top, where we belong!

[@mrcross91]

Personally I think it's a brilliant idea, the grounds at "good" golf courses are kept well up to speed! Which would be perfect for us with development in mind

[@tffti7058]

love the content Sam, 8 adverts though in 10 mins, come on adTube sort it out

[@green-user8348]

They should build a junior stadium for the lower teams to play games in their complex.

[@NealyLL]

Let’s hope 🤞🤞🤞

[@mazidmufc]

Initial plans of INEOS are looking interesting 😊

[@josevalgo]

Thank you Sam. Great video. I’m just curious to know what the hell they need a golf course for?

[@user-yw2nd5dz2z]

Awesomeness

[@spoiledballotpapers3277]

Spin Spin Spin

[@nirviigaming]

Building on a new location mean they can do anything new while keep old one under running. Golf courses are big enough for the job and easier to done deal than many small lands combined. Renovating the old one meaning many limitations especially if u want to keep it running while renovating. The cost (and time) also quite high due to lengthy timeline, phasing and protection etc.

[@user-cb5rr9zi7v]

In all honesty Sam I don’t have an emotional attachment to carrington like I do to old Trafford so I don’t care what they do as long as what ever they do do it’s the best of the best

[@user-yw2nd5dz2z]

Awesome

[@TheDjlashers]

Amazing work, Sam. I enjoy your content, and it's thoroughly researched. Maybe Carrington will become the new site for a state of the art stadium if we build a new training complex.

[@leemcd88888]

Carrington is 20 years old why would you build a new one

[@wayneshamba6961]

Carrington seems to be in the outskirts, I don't think it'll be an ideal site. Maybe they'll revamp it and give it to the women's team.

[@victorokeke3395]

​@@leemcd88888where will the players train if we renovate it

[@leemcd88888]

@@wayneshamba6961 there is no where in town or near that you can build a new training complex. Carrington is about 10 mile away from town the old training ground the cliff was in Salford originally it was surrounded by a built up area

[@dannymahon6929]

Apparently Sir Jim wants to go fracking at Carrington.😂 But if it means we get a world class facility, then why not 👍

[@jameshodder93]

As a drainage engineer, the golf course thing isn’t due to that. It’s just large scale available land that potentially could get through planning. With planning and design etc. you’re looking at 3 years minimum total as will take over a year to get that through before construction even starts.

[@andrewthompson7962]

The reason why Leicester used the golf course because the use of the land was already established in planning as leisure and they were able to build on existing buildings and keep part of the existing golf course for use by their players. Worked on Leicester through the preparation stages and that was in 2016/17.

[@Sterlz100]

How about new training facility, turn carrington into new stadium/s (men, women, youth) and keep old trafford as a football museum

[@256united]

Well if they find another site then they could move there and keep the original site and maybe build a home for the u21 and women’s team ie stadium etc

[@pistol-pete77]

Is this move anything to do with Jim Ratcliffe owning shale gas rights under Carrington??

[@cormacjones12]

Are there any photographs/videos inside of Leicester City Manchester City training facilities that we can view?

[@green-user8348]

Dude, now that I see Carrington, I would agree it must come first. It looks like a High School.

[@creepingbrain]

Exciting times. The tender offer for the A shares went out today. There's an EGM on 5th February to vote through approval for the B shares to be transferred to SJR as B shares and to vote through the new articles of association. The first lump of money from SJR should hit the clubs' accounts within 30 days, so we can start working on this infrastructure stuff like the training ground soon. It's all happening!!

[@warrendavid8122]

Toto Wolff is a team principle at Mercedes. Christian Horner is the Principle for Red Bull. Everyone loves Christian.

[@gary650uk]

One good thing linking up with a golf course in knutsford will mean no players will have an excuse to be late.

[@jawaynemorris2275]

Am a number one fan here Sam an yet to get a shout out

[@United_Wings]

Oh wow

[@bugleno1]

McLaren is the name of a construction company and are not related to the F1 team. If you take a look on their website they’ve built both Leicester’s and Tottenham’s training ground.

[@philcolumbine9254]

We should update carrington. Just like we should knock knock down old Trafford and build a stadia for the 21st century. OT is in such a state the players roof leaks, the disabled area needs upgrading. It didn’t even make the short list for the Euros. OT is out of date and people need to look past thier memories

[@jellybeans841]

It didn’t make the shortlist because united didn’t enter it due to not knowing what was happening with the upgrades or new stadium.

[@matthewpayton]

Man United need a stadium for the U23'S U18'S and Women's team. As well as the training ground upgrade.

[@antonymorris1962]

With OT I'd love them to reduce current stadium to 1 tier and have that for U21, Women's and maybe Sale Sharks matches circa 15-25k. Would allow much more space around and build new 90k stadium next door. Make a proper world class sport complex. I can dream

[@sportsfan7460]

Would be awesome if you do a video on carrington redsigned by AI, just like the Old Trafford AI video.

[@royafraser1967]

High Legh means High Meadow, because it sits on top of a hill, hence the good drainage.

[@petek7822]

My eldest daughter lives near the Carrington training ground. I don't think it's swampy and it's surrounded by fields so scope for improvement?

[@scoobie1734]

Would new ground be owned by ineous or united. Just thinking if they brought it and united sold carrington that’s would help the coffers

[@c.d714]

Whatever ground it is put up huge posters of sir alex, busby, looking down.

[@jeorgj9491]

But the glazers signed mags mernafh two years ago right?

[@MHafiz-jo7fu]

i've read somewhere before this there's petroleum source under carrington, or something.. i dont quite remember what, but it's one of the reasons ineos is interested in UNITED.. maybe that's why theres talk about new training ground now?

[@creepingbrain]

No. That was just a stupid conspiracy theory.

[@victorokeke3395]

I swear y'all come up with some mad theories

[@carlschubert8466]

As the club cant afford, do you think INEOS would make it and united use it?

[@mikeneville250]

I know that the players tend to live out in Cheshire, but high legh isn’t Manchester. If they want to look at local golf clubs why not approach Trafford council about William Wroe - a municipal course that has already closed down in Urmston - literally down the road from Carrington (and actually closer to old Trafford!)

[@charizardsdealer]

I think something close to city’s with the mini stadium on site would be good. Would be great for our academy players to have a mini stadium to play in on site When it comes to womens team they equally deserve to have a stadium when those convos start and play at OT as well

[@mattbooker9293]

Think @UnitedPeoplesTV is getting confused between McLaren F1 group and McLaren construction a whole different entity 😂😂

[@bwilshaw3720]

They don't need to leave Carrington. Build a new complex on the current site. Knock down what's dated, and or unsuitable any more. Leicesters barely have any pitches. Just a fancy building.

[@aaronwilliamgeorgemurphy1063]

We should take our inspiration from Carrington when it was first developed. Become the leaders again, become the ones others look at for inspiration.

[@ashpiper6683]

Toto Wolff is team principal of merc and he owns 1/3 of the Mercedes f1 team

[@WiltedRoseTattoos]

Let's hope sor Jim saves us we been waiting for upgrades way to long

[@DeanX_]

I would say clearing the £1billion debt is a priority along with this before the stadium

[@Stephen90s]

Question, why do they need that many fields??

[@azzawhite88]

Utd essentially paid for Leicester's training ground with the Maguire deal

[@user-fi9st4uk6m]

There isnt that much wrong with the current site tbh

[@234597737]

Old Trafford stadium is old I want to create a new one and create new history. I want to stop clinging to the past.

[@MrEagorath]

it all comes down to what SJR manages to propose and "force through" in that manner.. new stadium? renew Old Trafford.. both are gonna cost a lot of dough.. United(no) scandinavian supportersite, "Bjarte Valen" ment that renewing Old Trafford would minimumly come up to 800M in price, most likely more and a new stadium would arrive around 2B. added to that, if a stadium now were to be built, industry standards would mean that OT should expand it's ground with 75% in areal.. there simply is not enough space to expand it much more.. Never mind the fact that most of what's in it (obviously not EVERYTHING) but on the surface.. everything would have to be replaced and renewed.

[@user-nz5ol1ti4x]

the club needs a massive rebuild from the ground up training facilities stadium debts ridiculous high wages i hope jim ratclife can offer us a lot more than the glazers ever have

[@alfieward1548]

I live in high legh and that is my local golf club

[@leemcd88888]

We just need to update carrington not build a new one. Carrington is just over 20 years old why not make it modern and spend money on the stadium

[@patrickmalone1902]

Never mind a new Carrington,what about refurbishing Old Trafford.

[@JC-sd3vh]

By comparison, Carrington looks like it deserves to be on Hackney Marshes.............in the 70's...................not a compliment.

[@visrakrak5269]

PROVE THT WHT U TALK IS TRUE N ENGLI PLAYERS R GOOD IN MU RATHER THAN BRUNO BY WINNING ONE INTERNATIONAL TROPHY...I WIL SUPPORT YR CHANNEL LIKE OTHERS .....

[@leewelch9005]

I love high Leigh golf course hope we buy somewhere else from a selfish perspective

[@l33lob]

Leicester’s reminds me of the telly tubbies 🙈

[@thomasi7660]

Why can't I get better than 480p quality for this video? 🙁

[@InvulnerablePig]

Are you sure the automotive McLaren and the construction McLaren are the same thing?

[@allangweshe5522]

I love your videos. Time to unsubscribe boring channels. Don't you ever get to a point where you are using click bait. I like the way you are creative and the way you do your research

[@DJBazzoMusic74]

Everyone excited about sir Jim Glazer, only talk and lip service no action

[@dpl852]

If you've hesrd talks about high leigh golf club being the new setting for the ground I can confirm the golf club has been sold and sale will be finalised by month end not to United

[@renardhaynes5248]

Not 25 % new reports said it's 28.87 %

[@dannymahon6929]

Ya i saw that too & 28.87% of voting power!! Dont know how he managed to get them to allow those Class A shares to convert to Class B

[@Shadowespeon17]

That's most likely the bonus for investing the additional £240m (give or take), which is close to the reported +4% additional shares he may obtain for his input.

[@dannymahon6929]

@@Shadowespeon17 correct. But I didn't realise myself that he would have that much voting power as he was buying a lot of the Class A shares. But it's a positive

[@Liversh0t]

finally