Man United send workers up to the top of Old Trafford as they look to make urgent repairs less than 24 hours after heavy rain cascaded through the roof during their defeat by Arsenal

Urgent repairs to repair Old Trafford’s decrepit roof are underway – less than 24 hours after heavy rain cascaded through one of the stands during Manchester United’s defeat by Arsenal on Sunday.

Workers in exhausting hats and high-vis jackets have been snapped abseiling up and down the aspect of the iconic stadium on Monday morning as they assessed the harm up on the roof.

The urgent works will observe what was a disappointing defeat for United, who sank to a 1-0 defeat at the fingers of Arsenal, who saved up their title problem on reigning champions Manchester City. 

During the closing levels of the sport, a fierce thunderstorm swamped the 114-year-old stadium, the place water could possibly be seen cascading from one corners of the floor whereas movies on social media confirmed a flood pouring below seats and even the place the gamers’ tunnel meets the dressing-rooms.

United stated that 1.6 inches of rain fell in two hours after the remaining whistle – extra than in the total month of May final 12 months – however supporters of each golf equipment left the stadium safely.

Workers in exhausting hats and high-vis jackets have been snapped abseiling up and down the aspect of the iconic stadium on Monday

Onlookers have been shocked as rain water rushed through Old Trafford’s leaky roof on Sunday

Another embarrassing clip confirmed rain leaking into the away dressing room at Old Trafford after the sport, 

The deluge coincided with a go to from Labour Party chief and Arsenal season-ticket fan Sir Keir Starmer as a visitor of Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, who met with Lord Coe and United’s minority proprietor Sir Jim Ratcliffe beforehand to focus on the future of Old Trafford.

Coe is head of the taskforce driving plans to regenerate the stadium and surrounding areas. 

United are backing Ratcliffe’s imaginative and prescient to bulldoze Old Trafford and construct a ‘Wembley of the North’ at a price of up to £2billion, however will contemplate renovating the current stadium if it’s not possible.

Ratcliffe pledged £237million to improve Old Trafford as half of his £1.3bn funding in United, however Sunday’s flood was a reminder that loads extra will probably be wanted to plug the gaps.

While rival followers enjoyment of singing that ‘Old Trafford is falling down’, United supporters level to the wretched state of the stadium as a logo of neglect by the Glazer household during 19 years in energy. 

‘Absolutely embarrassing, sums up the neglect the Glazers have proven in the direction of the repairs and upkeep of Old Trafford and Carrington,’ one fan wrote on X, previously Twitter.

Fans have been made to shortly vacate the affected areas as a thunderstorms started in the direction of the shut of their 1-0 defeat by Arsenal

Old Trafford was shortly flooded with water after a thunderstorm uncovered the points with Old Trafford’s roof

Man United minority proprietor Sir Jim Ratcliffe (center) was in attendance for the conflict. He has promised to put money into bettering the stadium

It is not the first time the roof at Old Trafford has suffered a serious leak.

Numerous instances over the years, the roof of the stadium has struggled to maintain supporters dry, which has led to Ratcliffe making it one of his fundamental focuses in regenerating the membership.

It has additionally grow to be a serious problem and a stick to beat the Glazer household with, having been accused of an absence of funding over the years.

The query of what United can do to remedy their stadium disaster was mentioned on Mail Sport’s It’s All Kicking Off Podcast on Monday, with co-host Ian Ladyman suggesting the membership may look to transfer to London whereas they perform a serious overhaul.

‘I feel they ought to tear Old Trafford down, play at Wembley for 2 years, construct a brand new one,’ he stated. 

‘There are different individuals who assume that may by no means occur and they want to rebuild it and modernise it.’