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.

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.

Manchester United recently unveiled plans to transform Old Trafford into a 100,000-seat venue.At an estimated cost of £2bn and taking around five years to complete, it promises to be one of the