Real moves

Real Madrid are set to build a new super-stadium holding 120,000 fans, some 20,000 more than their current Bernabeu stadium holds…

Real Madrid are set to build a new super-stadium holding 120,000 fans, some 20,000 more than their current Bernabeu stadium holds it was reported yesterday. Construction of the new ground would cost a projected £120 million and the club, six times champions of Europe, hope to raise around double that sum from selling the Bernabeu, which occupies a prime site in central Madrid.

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