Pestana, the hotel group which counts Cristiano Ronaldo as an investor, has announced plans to announce a site in Manchester in 2023.
The group currently has hotels in Madeira, Lisbon, Madrid, New York, Marrakesh and Paris.
Pestana said: “It couldn’t be more appropriate – after all, this is the city where Cristiano Ronaldo started his international career in Man United back in 2003 and where he first used number 7.”
The 151-room property would include a bar and cafe, basement gym and roof terrace.
The planning application read: “It will be made commercially viable through the introduction of a sensitively designed new hotel building; delivering a new four-star luxury boutique hotel across the site. The redevelopment of the site represents an important step towards delivering the full regeneration potential and agglomeration impacts of the Northern Quarter and will make a positive contribution towards the growing demand of the city’s hotel sector.
“Pestana is now keen to expand their brand into the regions and Manchester’s economic and regeneration context and visitor attraction present a fantastic opportunity to establish their brand and second hotel in the UK.”