Man Utd move women’s team out of training building to house men’s team

Manchester United have decided to move their women’s team into portable buildings at the club’s training ground to house the men’s team while their facilities are renovated.

United announced earlier this month that work had begun on a £50m refurbishment of the men’s first team at Carrington.

Construction work is expected to last for the duration of next season, but while the men’s first team building is being renovated, Erik ten Hag’s players will be moved into the current building, which is shared between the women’s and academy teams.

According to The Guardian, the decision to move the women’s team left some players and staff “disappointed”.

A source close to the squad also told the paper that the decision “added to a growing feeling that the women’s team is not perceived as a priority within the club”.

The report claims the portable buildings will include changing rooms, team meeting rooms and common areas for the women’s team.

United are said to have considered several options for relocating the women’s team, but believe the decision to stay at Carrington is the best solution as the players will still have access to better pitches and off-field facilities.

Last year United opened the £10m state-of-the-art women’s and academy building.

In a statement announcing the £50m project this month, United warned: “Temporary adaptations will be made to the rest of the Carrington site to ensure players and staff across all our teams can continue to operate successfully in the coming season”.

Speaking last week, United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who completed his £1.3bn partial takeover in February, admitted he was more focused on improving the men’s team after their poor Premier League campaign, in which they finished in eighth place.

“We haven’t gotten to that level of detail yet with the women’s team,” he told Bloomberg.

“We’ve been quite focused on how we solve the first team’s problems and that’s been pretty much full-time for the first six months.”

Last season, United’s women’s team won the FA Cup and finished fifth in the Women’s Super League.

However, United are understood to be set to miss out on Mary Earps, who is set to join Paris Saint-Germain and become the highest-paid goalkeeper in world football.

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