Developed and maintained by the LFC Technology and Transformation Team Premier League champions keen to avoid unsettling players with mid-season switch to new facility Work on Liverpool FC’s new training facility in Kirkby is gathering pace. The final piece of the structural frame has now been installed to form the main building at Liverpool FC’s new training ground in Kirkby, marking a significant milestone in the complex’s development. You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. More pictures of our work to come. Liverpool FC held a special 'breaking ground' ceremony at the club's Academy in Kirkby today to mark the beginning of work on its new training campus. Construction work on Liverpool's new £50million training base in Kirkby is set to resume - although no timescale is being placed on its completion. Liverpool FC's Academy has opened a new dedicated social space for the families of the club's youth players. But Klopp’s squad must reconvene at Melwood to begin preparations for 2020-21.Fortunately, Liverpool retained the lease on the Melwood site for a further year, which has given them the option to stay before scheduled demolition.Klopp and Liverpool’s owners understand the importance of an easy transition between sites, knowing the players must feel comfortable in their current environment and not wishing the change to have any impact on performances.In a normal world, with a prolonged pre-season, that would have been straightforward as the squad had weeks to adjust to the new surroundings. Liverpool remain on track to move into their new Kirkby training base prior to pre-season preparations for the 2020-21 campaign getting under way. Following the club’s breaking-ground ceremony in September, work at the Reds’ new training complex in Kirkby continues at pace. Liverpool's new £50m training facility in Kirkby is looking fantastic! The Eddie McArdle Community Pitches in Kirkby were officially opened this morning by representatives from Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool FC and the McArdle and O’Leary families. Liverpool have decided to extend their stay at Melwood when training resumes ahead of next season, Jürgen Klopp’s side were due to end their 60-year association with their current HQ at the end of the 2019/20 season.However, after the pandemic struck construction of the new facility was temporarily paused, while Melwood itself needed an internal redesign With work at Kirkby resuming recently, Liverpool’s new complex will be complete this summer. Champions League final 2020: When is it, what time is kick-off and what TV channel is it on?
The pitches at Liverpool's new world-class training facilities are taking shape. Sergio Ramos absence leaves huge space for Manchester City centre-forwards to strike The new training ground in Arbour Lane, Kirkby, means the club will finally merge its senior and Academy levels. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Reproduced under licence from Football DataCo Limited. Please review our The centre covers an area of 56 acres. The new training ground in Arbour Lane, Kirkby, means the club will finally merge its senior and Academy levels.Liverpool’s centre of excellence was based with the first-team at Melwood until the mid-90s, but the evolution of youth development meant it was not sustainable to retain youth staff on the site and they moved to Kirkby at the start of the Millennium.There were discussions at the time for the senior team to follow, but instead Liverpool’s first team players remained and a multi-million Melwood development began in 2001.In the 19 years since, a succession of managers felt the separation of youth and senior players coaching staff was detrimental.Shortly after taking over, Klopp spoke of his wish to bring all elements back together, enabling an easier promotion of youth players into the senior ranks.It was not a move initially on the owners’s agenda when they bought the club, but in keeping with the theme of their reign in which they are fully engaged and prepared to assess allocation of resources in line with their manager’s wishes, they pushed ahead.We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Liverpool FC has submitted a planning application to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council for the installation of state-of-the-art fencing at its new training ground in Kirkby. The Academy is the training ground and academy headquarters of English football club Liverpool F.C., located in Kirkby, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England.
The pitches at Liverpool's new world-class training facilities are taking shape. Sergio Ramos absence leaves huge space for Manchester City centre-forwards to strike The new training ground in Arbour Lane, Kirkby, means the club will finally merge its senior and Academy levels. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Reproduced under licence from Football DataCo Limited. Please review our The centre covers an area of 56 acres. The new training ground in Arbour Lane, Kirkby, means the club will finally merge its senior and Academy levels.Liverpool’s centre of excellence was based with the first-team at Melwood until the mid-90s, but the evolution of youth development meant it was not sustainable to retain youth staff on the site and they moved to Kirkby at the start of the Millennium.There were discussions at the time for the senior team to follow, but instead Liverpool’s first team players remained and a multi-million Melwood development began in 2001.In the 19 years since, a succession of managers felt the separation of youth and senior players coaching staff was detrimental.Shortly after taking over, Klopp spoke of his wish to bring all elements back together, enabling an easier promotion of youth players into the senior ranks.It was not a move initially on the owners’s agenda when they bought the club, but in keeping with the theme of their reign in which they are fully engaged and prepared to assess allocation of resources in line with their manager’s wishes, they pushed ahead.We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Liverpool FC has submitted a planning application to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council for the installation of state-of-the-art fencing at its new training ground in Kirkby. The Academy is the training ground and academy headquarters of English football club Liverpool F.C., located in Kirkby, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England.