The eyes of the world have been attracted by the new £ 2 billion stadium plan from Manchester United since the club's announcement this week.
The proposed arena of the Red Devils will be the largest football stadium in the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom and surpasses the 90,000 capacity of Wembley.
Old Trafford has organized a remarkable 115 years of football, but it's time to continue to a new house, especially because the stadium is slowly falling apart.
Yet the futuristic design has attracted attention to its unique and bizarre look, including three masts described as 'the Trident' and a huge 'umbrella' cover.
Some fans commented on the unmistakable resemblance to a circus, which rather fits on a side that wits away in the 14th in the competition.
Although the modern United stadium project wants to be completed in five years, there have been many ridiculous stadiums that never flourished.
In the light of it, Mail Sport looks the plans that have never been fulfilled.
1. Liverpool and Everton's Siamese merger
In 2010, a Merseyside consortium presented the idea of a strange 'Siamese stadium' to unite the location of the two fierce rivals.
The proposal would maintain two separate stadiums, but would join the two buildings via a 'central spine'.
The Scouse Union was presented as a way to save money on construction in an attempt to convince the parties involved.
Taking into account the Toffees and Reds rivement is the longest-running derby in the English top flight, starting in 1888, was the plan of short duration.
It would be unimaginable for both Liverpool and Everton fans to share a location, making this Dammert project before it even started.
2. Chelsea's offer to restore Battersea Power Station
In 2012, Chelsea had a daring offer to buy Battersea Power Station, and tried to turn it into a stadium of 60,000 seats.
After playing on Stamford Bridge since 1905, the Roman Abramovich era wanted to leave a stamp from the field and on it.
The build was estimated at more than £ 1 billion and would also have led to the installation of a new tube station in front of the stadium.
Nevertheless, the restoration costs of the power plant and the building permit for the new land land of Chelsea were too difficult when the blues chose to stay at the bridge.
3. Portsmouth's Fratton Park Relocation
The iconic Fratton Park was almost replaced by an ambitious plan to move the stadium on the south coast.
The stadium design, produced by the Swiss architecture agency Herzog & de Meuron, looked at channeling their earlier successes of the Allianz Arena and the Beijing National Stadium.
The seating capacity would almost have doubled in the attempt to build the striking stadium near Gunwharf Quays and the renowned spinnaker Tower.
However, with the costs that increase up to £ 600 million and concerns of the local government, the stadium probably did not seem to continue.
Later in 2008, the financial crisis destroyed every last hope on the plan, as a result of which Portsmouth was asked to concentrate on the further development of Fratton Park.
4. Barcelona's Mediterranean Wonder
While Barcelona is continuing their redevelopment of the Nou -camp, as a goal to be the largest stadium in Europe, they considered an extensive idea off the coast of the city.
The Catalan giants explored options for their stadium development, including a stadium of 150,000 seats.
Although the prospect was sensational, logistics would be extremely difficult to complete the soil.
It required a bridge and a meticulous support structure in the sea for the building itself, so it was no surprise that the far -fetched proposal was rejected.
5. 'Blue Volcano' by Dinamo Zagreb
The Croatian side launched a design competition for their potential new stadium in the 2000s.
The winning design was nicknamed the 'Blue Volcano' because of the bizarre, blue -colored dome exterior.
A referendum on the proposal was postponed several times and never flourished despite the intriguing conceptual design.
Since 2008, Dinamo Zagreb has continued to try to build a new stadium, but have not done this, in which the eccentric blue volcano is buried.
6. Lazios Split from Roma
Sharing stadium is the norm in Italy, because Italian giants AC Milan and Inter Milan share the San Siro while Roma and Lazio Co-Habit in the Stadio Olimpico.
But the latter tried to break with tradition in the 2000s and tried to set up their own football base.
The Stadio Delle Aquile strived for a stadium capacity of 40,000 fans, including a transparent glass roof with solar panels.
Nevertheless, a dominant issue in the 2000s – the financial crisis of 2008 – demolished the prospect of Lazio's own stadium and sent the Biancocelesti back to the stadio Olimpico with their tail between their legs.
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