Manchester United’s ‘Wembley of the North’ stadium plan hits the buffers

• Talks deadlocked over asking price of rail terminal site

• Freightliner's 400m demand could delay 4.2bn build

Manchester United's plans to build a 100,000-seat stadium next to Old Trafford are facing delays due to a standoff over the price of land needed to begin work on the construction of the proposed ground Sir Jim Ratcliffe has called the Wembley of the North". The club want land used as a rail freight terminal to complete the Old Trafford Regeneration Project, which they claim will bring 7.3bn a year to the UK economy.

United have held talks with Freightliner, the haulage company that owns and operates the terminal, about buying the land, but negotiations are deadlocked due to a disagreement over the price.