The logistical nightmare United and planning bosses will have to overcome with Old Trafford overhaul

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Manchester United's plans for a new 100,000 seater stadium will have to overcome a major logistical hurdle. The club aims to use land next to its ageing Old Trafford home.

The site is currently used as a huge rail freight terminal. But the operator, Freightliner, has indicated it would be willing to relocate it from Trafford Park to Parkside East in St Helens.

Billionaire co-owner of the club, Sir Jim Ratcliffe's ambitious plans are to build a 'Wembley of the north'. An image has been released by the club to illustrate how the stadium would look amid a £4.2bn regeneration of the surrounding area.

It is estimated it could bring 48,000 jobs and 5,000 new homes. The Old Trafford Regeneration Task Force, chaired by Lord Sebastian Coe, has concluded that a simple redevelopment of Old Trafford would increase its capacity to 87,000 while a new stadium would hold 100,000 fans, far exceeding the 90,000 capacity of Wembley and making it the biggest arena in the country.