Liverpool Sell Melwood Training Ground

Liverpool have completed the sale of their training ground to an affordable housing provider, the club’s vice-president has said.

The club announced it would leave Melwood in West Derby and move to a new £50m first team and academy training site in Kirkby in 2017.

They would leave with “a heavy heart” as it had played “a significant role in the club’s history”, Andy Hughes said.

Not-for-profit trust Torus has bought the site for an undisclosed fee.

The organisation has 1,600 properties in the surrounding area and manages around 40,000 properties in the region.