Melwood back under Liverpool ownership after Reds buy training ground for women’s side
LIVERPOOL have re-purchased their former training ground with the site to be used by the Reds Women’s Super League side.
The club are reported to have paid £13 million for the facility which will also be used their girls’ academy and community projects.
PALiverpool Women’s team will be training Melwood with the club buying the ground back after selling it in 2019[/caption]
The club’s girls’ academy will also be based at the site previously used by their Premier League playersGetty
The ground, located in the city’s West Derby suburb, had been owned for 70 years by the club. before being sold to housing developers Torus in 2019.
Its sale was followed by Liverpool’s Prem team moving to their £50million AXA Training Centre in 2013.
The re-purchase of the ground will see the Reds’ women’s side move away from training at Tranmere’s site in the Wirral
And officials says Melwood will serve as an “elite facility” for their women’s team and a “space for developing and retaining” top talents in the game.
Club managing director, Andy Hughes, said: “This is a truly historic moment for Liverpool Football Club and the continued desire of the LFC Women’s board to elevate and develop our women’s first team and category one professional game academy.
“We’re absolutely delighted that we’ve managed to take this opportunity to return to Melwood and to see it start a new chapter of Liverpool’s commitment to our women’s first team and academy.”
As well as repurchasing Melwood, Liverpool says its women’s crest will move to the official club crest.
Liverpool say Melwood will also used as a space for community outreach projectsGetty
They also hope to use the site to provide education to young people via the Fowler Education and Football Academy, established by club legend Robbie Fowler
Hughes added: “We also have an opportunity to further develop the use of the site to support the local community by using it as an additional base for LFC’S Foundation.
“We also have an opportunity to further develop the use of the site to support the local community by using it as an additional base for LFC’S Foundation.”
