• Club have moved into new £50m training base in Kirkby
  • Beach football area and padel tennis courts also feature

Liverpool on Tuesday officially opened a £50m training base in Kirkby that includes a ‘secret’ stairway for sneaking potential signings into the building and a door named in honour of James Milner.
The AXA Training Centre has replaced Melwood, Liverpool’s training ground for the past 70 years, as the club’s headquarters with Jürgen Klopp and his staff relocating during the international break. The facility took 722 days to build and brings the academy and first teams together for the first time, albeit with the under-23s having a separate entrance, dining rooms, gyms, changing rooms and pitches.
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