Work has already begun on rotating the square through 90 degrees so that it no longer facesthe setting sun, meaning that the names ofthe Stretford End and the Brian Statham End will cease to be used.
"This is pretty spectacular, " he said, craning his neck to gaze up at the rock faces after emerging from a narrow pathway into a sun-splashed plaza in front ofthe grand Treasury.
Now he faces open revolt from journalists on theSun, the paper which laid the foundations of his media empire with its "soaraway" success in the 1970s.