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Manchester United’s Women’s Team Facing Portable Building Accommodation During Carrington Renovations
In a move that has left some players and staff disappointed, Manchester United’s women’s team will be temporarily housed in portable buildings at the club’s Carrington training complex during the 2024-25 season. This decision comes as the club embarks on a £50 million renovation project to modernize the men’s first-team facilities at the site.
The refurbishment work, which began on Monday, is expected to last the entirety of the upcoming campaign. As a result, the men’s squad will be given priority access to the £10 million state-of-the-art women’s and academy building that opened on the Carrington grounds last summer.
According to multiple sources, the women’s players and staff will be relocated to portable structures that will accommodate their everyday zones, such as changing rooms, team meeting rooms, office spaces, and communal areas. However, they will continue to use the same training pitches and canteen as before.
United is understood to have considered various options for accommodating the women’s department during the renovation period, and ultimately concluded that keeping them at Carrington and allowing access to the high-quality training facilities was preferable to relocating them to a different site.
Nevertheless, the news of the portable building arrangement has left some members of the women’s squad and staff disappointed, as the impressive women’s building had enhanced their training experience in the previous season.
In a statement announcing the £50 million investment, the club stated, “Temporary adaptations will be made to the rest of the Carrington site to ensure players and staff from all our teams can continue to operate successfully next season.” United believes the long-term benefits of the improvements will outweigh the temporary inconvenience.
The decision comes after Manchester United’s co-owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who is responsible for football policy, admitted that the focus on the men’s team had meant the women’s team had not yet received the same level of attention.
As the football world eagerly awaits the start of the Euro 2024 qualifiers, the Champions League, the FIFA World Cup, and the Women’s World Cup, this news from Manchester United’s Carrington complex serves as a reminder of the ongoing effort to ensure all teams have access to the resources they need to succeed.
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