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Arsenal have reportedly been presented with multiple Emirates Stadium expansion options as they explore ways to keep pace with their rivals.

With logistical challenges and financial implications at play, the club faces key decisions.

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Arsenal are advancing discussions over the expansion of Emirates Stadium, with the club aiming to complete any redevelopment work by 2028 as they seek to increase capacity, improve their infrastructure and remain competitive with the Premier League’s biggest clubs.

According to an exclusive in Friday’s Daily Mail, they have been presented with various proposals by an architectural design firm.

With rival clubs either upgrading or constructing new venues to boost matchday revenue, the Gunners are now assessing how to modernise their 20-year-old home.

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With 60,704 seats, Arsenal currently has the fifth-largest stadium in the Premier League, but since its opening in 2006, several clubs have surpassed them in capacity.

Tottenham Hotspur (62,850), West Ham United (62,500), and Liverpool (61,276) all come ahead of the Gunners, while Manchester City’s ongoing North Stand redevelopment is expected to increase the Etihad Stadium to more than 60,000 seats.

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Meanwhile, Manchester United have unveiled ambitious plans for a £2 billion, 100,000-capacity stadium, which would make it the largest in the UK, if it’s ever built.

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Newcastle United are also reportedly considering a new build in the city centre.

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For Arsenal, transport infrastructure is expected to be a key factor, with Holloway Road Underground Station requiring upgrades to accommodate additional matchday crowds.

Approval from Islington Council and Transport for London would likely be necessary before work could commence, all things Arsenal needed before they built the Emirates in the first place.

I was told on a stadium tour not long after it first opened that the Emirates was designed with future growth in mind. Discussions included the possibility of a third tier being added at a later stage and it certainly seems like something Arsene Wenger would have kept in mind. The prospect of expansion happening first surfaced publicly in an ESPN interview last July, when Arsenal co-chairman Josh Kroenke acknowledged the club was exploring options.

“The internal conversations are starting to occur,” Kroenke said. “It is not an easy renovation, but we see the possibilities of what is there.”

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One confirmed improvement coming to Emirates Stadium is a new phone mast, which will enhance matchday mobile connectivity.

Arsenal have committed to installing a world-leading data mast in the summer to address longstanding issues with poor mobile signal inside the ground.

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For match-going supporters, the lack of connectivity has been a persistent frustration, most notably on the final day of the 2023/24 season when fans were unable to check Manchester City’s score as Arsenal chased the title.

Tottenham and Chelsea have installed Wi-Fi systems inside their stadiums, but Arsenal opted for a direct mobile signal boost instead.

The Mail’s exclusive also revealed that Arsenal were asked to host games for Euro 2028 but declined, preferring, instead, to use the stadium to host concerts and events.