The current main pitch at the Reds’ youth base will be built over with a dome – attached to the existing Academy building – that is set to provide a first ever full-size indoor pitch for use.
A new grass pitch will be created in the outdoor area and feature a stand capable of holding up to 500 spectators, becoming the new external centrepiece for matches played there.
The forthcoming redevelopments will also include revamped and improved medical and sports science functions to aid in the progress of the club’s younger age groups.
LFC will submit a planning application in due course, with a target of 2028 for the completion of the works.
Academy director Alex Inglethorpe said of the project: “It’s a big statement.
“The owners have embarked on a number of infrastructure projects in recent years with the redevelopment of the two stands at Anfield, building the AXA Training Centre to put us all on one site here at Kirkby, and giving Melwood a facelift for the women’s team to go there.
“We’ve always been patient as an academy, knowing where we sit in the order of things, but now it’s our turn and it’s really exciting.
“We’ve never had a full-size indoor facility before that would match up with a lot of our competitors. While I’m all for toughening them up in the Kirkby wind and rain, there are a lot of days when we have to cancel training or the quality of a session is compromised. It’s going to make a massive difference.”
This phase of redevelopment follows a number of additions that have already been implemented at the Academy.
There are now cages designed specifically for small-sided matches, an athletic development area, a skills area, and a padbol court for the popular game that fuses football, tennis, volleyball and squash.
