World’s largest football stadiums ranked as Manchester United reveal bold plans for a new 100,000-seater stadium to rival the biggest arenas in the world.

Manchester United may be experiencing one of the most chastening seasons in its recent history, but the club is planning for a much brighter future.

Ratcliffe, who is one of Britain's richest people, said the new soccer venue could be a tourist attraction in the manner of the Eiffel Tower.

LONDON — Manchester United unveiled plans on Tuesday to build the “world’s greatest” soccer stadium. A proposed 100,000-seater arena, costing around 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion), would be built next to United’s current Old Trafford home and surpass Wembley Stadium as the biggest in the United Kingdom.

Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire co-owner of the soccer club, framed plans for the 100,000-seat venue as crucial to the British government’s plan to revive the northern English city.

Norman Foster’s redesign of Old Trafford brings to the fore a long-standing uneasiness about the monetisation of football

Manchester United Plc’s surprise announcement this week of plans for a new 100,000-seater stadium was the easy bit. Now it needs to find the money.

Plans for Manchester United's proposed 100,000-seater have been thrown into doubt by industry-leading experts.