United could expand training base
UNITED are discussing plans to expand their Carrington training base to allow all of their teams to train there, according to the club’s new women’s manager Casey Stoney.
The Reds have been using the multi-million pound facility since leaving The Cliff in 2000, but the buildings are now at full capacity meaning United’s Women’s team will be using The Cliff as a base.
The club announced it would be launching their first women’s team next season and they have been accepted into the second tier of the Women’s Super League.
Carrington last had a major upgrade in 2013 when millions were spent constructing a medical centre and new sports science department, and further expansion is on the agenda as the club try and find a way of having all of their teams training in the same facility.
Stoney told M.E.N. Sport: “They are discussing plans at Carrington and discussing expanding.
“The reason we are not training there is because they just don’t have the capacity for any more teams, let alone us.
“We are not the only ones who have to train at The Cliff, some of the youth teams train there too.
“But, when they start discussing how they are going to change Carrington the women’s team will be included in that.”
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