Liverpool's plans for a new £50 million first-team training facility have been given outline planning permission.
In February, Liverpool announced they planned to move their first-team training base to Kirkby -- where the club's academy setup is currently housed.
They will depart the Melwood training complex, which has been in use since the 1950s, and make the five-mile move in time for the 2019-20 season.
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council has given Liverpool outline approval for the construction of a new combined training centre, redeveloping of the current academy and converting the "front pitch" at Kirkby into an indoor, covered pitch.