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Liverpool set for training ground switch as Anfield club leave Melwood for £50m complex at youth academy

Liverpool are set to leave their historic Melwood training base and transform their Kirkby Academy into a £50million state-of-the-art complex for both the first team and youth set-ups.

The ambitious project will see Liverpool move away from Melwood, which has been the club's training base since the 1950s

Liverpool intend to purchase 14 acres of land at Simonswood playing fields at the rear of the Kirkby Academy to expand the current site to around 60 acres and hope to have the work completed by 2019.

Liverpool are set to leave their historic Melwood training ground by 2019
Liverpool are set to leave their historic Melwood training ground by 2019
The club will transform their Kirkby Academy into a u00a350million state-of-the-art complex
The club will transform their Kirkby Academy into a £50million state-of-the-art complex

Melwood is to be sold to aid housing development in the West Derby area.