Pakistan, June 24 -- Manchester United have secured ?the majority of the land needed for their new 100,000-seater stadium, the Premier League club said on Monday. United had announced plans last year to build the 2 billion pound ($2.65 billion) stadium, which would be the largest in Britain, next to the existing Old Trafford.

The club said it had acquired a 25-acre site, located approximately 350 meters (about a quarter-mile) northwest of Old Trafford, from industrial space ?provider Indurent ?and a Blackstone portfolio company.

"Being able ?to build so close to Old Trafford allows us to preserve the heritage, traditions and rituals that are so important to our fans," Collette Roche, the CEO of United's new stadium development, said in ...