BAM Construction will begin work in the coming weeks on the 80 acre site
adjacent to the Etihad Stadium.
The City Football Academy will provide a centre for up to 400 young players,
will house the first team training base and Manchester City's operations
functions.
It will include; classrooms for 200, on site accomodation for junior and
senior players, 16.5 football pitches, a first team building with changing
rooms, a gym, a refectory and injury centre, a 7000 capacity stadium for youth
matches, offices and a media centre.
Ferran Soriano, CEO of Manchester City Football Club said: “The development
of young and home grown players is central to our strategy of creating both a
winning team and a sustainable football club.
"We are now in a position, after four years of research and planning,
to execute that strategy and we are delighted to join with BAM who will play a
large part in helping us to do so
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