Man City plans £10m state-of-the-art training facility for women’s team, targeting high-performance hub by 2025

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Manchester City have submitted plans to build a £10million purpose-built training facility for their women’s team.

Gareth Taylor’s side currently share a building with the academy team, though they have their own pitches, and have been on-site at the Etihad Campus for some time.

But the club has made a commitment to mirror the high-performance environment of the men’s first team with the creation of a new hub, which they hope to open in 2025.

Should the plans be approved, the facility will feature a hydrotherapy area, a high-performance gym and an analytics space all designed to enhance player development.

City captain Steph Houghton said: ‘I’ve been incredibly proud to call the City Football Academy home for the past 10 years and have seen first hand how the integrated facilities we are a part of have contributed to the development of the women’s team.

Plans have been revealed for a state-of-the-art facility specifically for the women’s team

The new training space is anticipated to cost Manchester City in the region of £10million

The new training space is anticipated to cost Manchester City in the region of £10million

‘My team-mates and I have benefitted massively from working with the coaches, researchers, nutritionists and everyone else on site who have helped us to develop as professional footballers and compete at the highest level.

‘As we look to take the next step in our journey of developing the women’s game, it’s right that we now develop our own purpose-built home, at the heart of City Football Academy.’

The plans come after City became the first club in the Women’s Super League to secure naming rights for their stadium.

Their 7,000-seater ground was previously known as the City Academy Stadium but was renamed the Joie Stadium at the start of the season.

The facility will feature a hydrotherapy area, a high-performance gym and an analytics space

The facility will feature a hydrotherapy area, a high-performance gym and an analytics space

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City’s application was submitted to Manchester City council and comes at a time when several clubs in the WSL have expanded their facilities for their women’s team.

Manchester United recently opened a purpose-built building for the women at Carrington while Liverpool bought back Melwood for Matt Beard’s side.

Brighton opened a new training hub on the same site as their ben back in 2021 while Arsenal and Chelsea have both expanded their facilities at London Colney and Cobham.

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