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Paris Saint-Germain plans new training facility

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French Ligue 1 football club Paris Saint-Germain has announced plans to open a new state-of-the-art training centre in Paris.

The facility, which is due to open in 2019, will be based in the Poissy region of the French capital and be built on an area of 74 hectares. Work is due to begin in September 2017.

The development will feature a total of 14 football pitches, four of which will be used by the first team and the remaining 10 dedicated to the club’s youth academy and pre-academy teams. Four of the pitches will have artificial turf, while, for the first time in France, one pitch will be covered to allow for training in all weather conditions.

Other facilities at the centre will include a 5,000-capacity stadium that will host home matches of the PSG women’s team and youth side, as well as a team hotel, meeting rooms, classroom, media facilities and four television studios.

“It is an ambitious project and it is going to be one of the best in the world if not the best,” a club official said. “It is going to be a game-changer. Our ambition is to be one of the best in the world.”

Nasser Al-Khelaifi, chairman and chief executive of PSG, added: “For the last five years, we have worked to develop PSG in order to make it into a leading European and worldwide football club and a truly global sports brand. From the very beginning, the development of this training centre has been a cornerstone of our plan. It is an essential part of our ambitious project along with the full renovation of the Parc des Princes. 

“This state-of-the-art facility will allow the club to take full advantage of the fantastic pool of youth talent from the Paris region and also attract the most talented young footballers from all over the world.”

 

 

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