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Architects Forster and Partners had suggested that Old Trafford would be demolished - and there is no sign of the current stadium in the new artists impressions.

Tottenham signed Slavia Prague goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky for £12.5m and he went straight into the team because of problems for Guglielmo Vicario and Fraser Forster.

Mrs Forster believes the knitted and crocheted figures have caught the imagination "because it's different and because people can relate to it".

The project is the brainchild of Tansy Forster, originally from Magherafelt, County Londonderry who is now living in Normandy, France.

Liberal Democrat MP Will Forster pointed out that his local council of Woking had "racked up" £2.1bn of debt and said neighbouring local authorities were anxious they would have to share the debt in any potential new deal.