Liverpool reveal £50m plans for new training ground, including stand for watching games and all-weather pitch

Daily Mail | March 8, 2017

Liverpool have revealed plans for their new first-team and academy training facility ahead of the proposed redevelopment of Kirkby.

The club are planning to spend £50million on the works as they move their senior players onto the same site as their youth team.

And they have revealed a number of improvements that will be made to the academy grounds before Jurgen Klopp's first-team join them to the north of their existing training site in Melwood - where they have trained since the 1950s.

The proposed all-weather pitch once Liverpool have completed their u00a350m redevelopment — The proposed all-weather pitch once Liverpool have completed their £50m redevelopment

The existing facilities for the academy and the local community playing fields (right)

The proposed changes, which include Liverpool purchasing 14 acres of publicly owned land

They include:

A first-class covered training pitch to allow Liverpool's players to work on a full-size pitch throughout the year.