Manchester United have reportedly given up on plans to move away from their Carrington training ground after discovering it will cost too much money to relocate.
The Trafford Training Centre, more commonly known as Carrington, has been United's home since 2000 when they moved from their iconic The Cliff training ground.
Since moving to the new site seven miles away from Old Trafford and west of Manchester, the building has seen several upgrades including a medical centre and sports science department built in 2013.
Despite this additions, United were reported to be looking into sites elsewhere as they believed they had outgrown their current site.
The Sun reports United higher ups had touted the Tatton Estate, which is the largest private landowner in East Cheshire, responsible for 5,000 acres, as a potential new base of operations but have performed a U-turn after discovering how much it would cost.
The estimated cost of building a state-of-the-art facility on the estate was £200million according to the Sun but it was the cost of the land that caused United bosses to change their mind.
Instead, the club will once again redevelop Carrington and have appointed Mags Mernagh as programme director for the project.
Mernagh previously worked at Leicester City and was instrumental in delivering their £130m training ground.
The Sun reports that staff were informed by email last week that she will be 'responsible for delivering the vision and plan for a world-class training ground redevelopment.'
A United insider revealed to the Sun: 'The club had looked at moving to Tatton but received word that it would cost tens of millions of pounds before a spade was even in the ground.
'Carrington needs to deliver for the men's, women's and Academy teams at all levels and the bosses know it will take big money to do it right.'
United are likely to focus on buying more land around Carrington as an alternative.