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A pair of Senegal u17s internationals on trial at Manchester United. Etienne Mendy & Mouhamed Dabo Dabo previously had trials with Barcelona #MUFC #MUAcademy
 
Excl: Understand #MUFC are now closing in on the signing of Derby County and England International youth goalkeeper Charlie Hardy. Rated very highly by scouts internally with the Red Devils wanting to acquire him for their youth set-up. @centredevils
 
🚨Manchester United have not yet appointed Foster + Partners to follow through as stadium architects, with a tender process underway for alternative companies.

Industry sources speculate that the small stadium team at Foster + Partners will be busy flying to Milan to work on the new San Siro, a deal which was announced this week. But they are regarded as the favourites having done so much work already.

Funding for the new stadium in its entirety, which originally came with an estimated cost of £2billion, is also yet to be confirmed, with United’s financial picture still tight. [@lauriewhitwell] #MUFC
 
🚨Manchester United are considering different options for a new stadium, with drawings in the works showing what Foster termed “a vast umbrella” scrapped due to space.

The huge covering, which critics compared to a circus tent, was a striking element of the artist’s concept images released to the public six months ago by Foster + Partners. The proposed 100,000-capacity stadium had its own roof, so the canopy — estimated to cost between £300m to £400m to construct and put in place — was mainly aesthetic, other than to offer cover to people during bad weather, thus raising their possible dwell time at kiosks or fan zones underneath.

But it represented a significant aspect of the presentation and caused huge debate due to its apparent incongruence to the Manchester skyline and the club’s industrial history.

Others liked how the three prongs holding up the canopy rose high into the sky, causing an idiosyncratic silhouette. United say they remain excited by the vision set out by Foster + Partners but that it was conceptual and detailed architectural work would follow. [@lauriewhitwell] #MUFC
 
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