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Carrington Update
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Explain this joke.
Had i known they were going to charge £50m for a lick of paint and some new stud walls i would have done the job for £49m.
They do it on pretty much every Instagram post too.
The second pic is probably photoshopped from ikea Croydon where they sell the hot dogs.
Shame this has been announced already as was waiting for the thread on whether you would trade the FA Cup win for an updated Carrington.
Will we invite Ronaldo back to inspect the tiles? 
Upgrading Carrington is a negative because..?So the rumours we were looking at a new complex was horsecrap
Some rich feckers on here flying around in airports like these in these pictures.
That’s 50 mil off the transfer budget boys.
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What about the swimming pool? Plus will somebody think about the children.
Explain to me where I said that ?
Na we'll sell it to a sister company, Man United Training Ground Limited, for £200m at the end, like Chelsea.
So the rumours we were looking at a new complex was horsecrap
No, we looked at the nearby golf course but I believe it was a no go.
£50m with Norman Foster involved to upgrade Carrington compared to £100m for the Leicester new build should be on par.
Does that not include land acquisition and building structures?
The best news that could come out this summer.
I'm certain better facilities will translate to better performances on the field.
Norman Foster Pritzker Laureate (essentially equivalent to a Nobel prize in architecture) born in Stockport. His body of work includes:
Apple HQ,
The Gherkin,
Milau Viaduct,
The Reichstag,
Camp Nou.
To put this into context it cost Leicester £100m to build a brand new training ground from the ground up.
£50m to upgrade Carrington should get some real value out of the work.
We're being run like an actual club and not a play thing.
Yes. And Carrington already has things like a full sized indoor training pitch etc. To improve existing facilities by 50m, is a considerable upgrade, when you consider new structures don’t have to be built or land bought.
Fantastic. For the negative nancy's on the forum - Liverpool built a whole new facility for 50M.
Thank you for using some common sense.
Sounded like it. Apologies if not!
It rhymes with Partial. And it wouldn’t hurt to say please.
Great ain’t it?
Agreed. Struggling to even imagine what you could spend £50m on when majority of the building is already there.
£50m feels massive.
Normal service will resume in the posts that follow, I assure you.
They are going to be refitting the gym and medical facilities, which will be substantial. As well as what sounds like a gut rehab of the first team building. There may also be some extension work going on. It’s all been designed by Norman Foster, so not exactly cheap.
I would expect it to be absolutely state of the art afterwards.
They've also designed quite a few airports hence the comparisons.
So what happened to the Golf course they were buying to build a new training facility on?
Some people were playing golf there
Harsh on @the_cliff
It's going on the card mate. We're paying via the corporate klarna app..many small payments over 20 years. Lovely stuff.
Not really, these costs are exempt from FFP so wont affect what we can spend on transfers.
This means more to me than any signing ever could.
Every time I drive past the Etihad campus I can't help but admire everything about it. It's massive, has a multitude of pitches, close to the city centre, close to their stadium and is extremely private. A lot of City players (and club staff) live in luxury apartments in town whereas you will find that the majority of United players and staff live in the likes of Alderley edge, Hale, Bowdon, Prestbury etc etc. Jose was an anomaly in that he lived at the Lowry Hotel during his tenure with us.
There is so much land around Carrington and its logistically easier to access than the Etihad campus for everything from couriers, construction material deliveries, council permits etc. No excuses for not upgrading it.
Carrington has been completely neglected and one of the best things about Ronaldos second stint was him highlighting that.
The stadium is a pain in the arse for us fans but the training ground is more important for the players.
Every time I drive past the Etihad campus I can't help but admire everything about it. It's massive, has a multitude of pitches, close to the city centre, close to their stadium and is extremely private. A lot of City players (and club staff) live in luxury apartments in town whereas you will find that the majority of United players and staff live in the likes of Alderley edge, Hale, Bowdon, Prestbury etc etc. Jose was an anomaly in that he lived at the Lowry Hotel during his tenure with us.
There is so much land around Carrington and its logistically easier to access than the Etihad campus for everything from couriers, construction material deliveries, council permits etc. No excuses for not upgrading it.
Carrington has been completely neglected and one of the best things about Ronaldos second stint was him highlighting that.
The stadium is a pain in the arse for us fans but the training ground is more important for the players.
And less injuries
The only positive to come out of Ronaldo doing the interview with Piers Morgan
I’m sure INEOS would’ve done this regardless so I’m refusing to give him any credit. They talked to the players and they gave feedback about Carrington needing an upgrade.
This is all true. I don't think even the most deranged of Qatar-supporting-Internet fans could find fault with the progress made by the partial owners so far.
A new stadium is inevitable now and it's being done in partnership with the biggest players in the city region. A lot won't appreciate this, but it's actually a major, era-defining, development for Manchester, not just the football club they watch on TV.
That and him leaving. Taking his extortionate wage with him