PIF set to approve Newcastle United training ground move after £10m investment

The Magpies have invested around £10million in redeveloping Darsley Park since PIF’s takeover in 2021. And while big improvements such as a hydrotherapy and plunge pools have brought the facility up to a more suitable standard, it is still some way behind the majority of their Premier League rivals.

Plans to build a new state-of-the-art training centre elsewhere has long been mooted - with sites at Newcastle Racecourse and Ponteland under consideration - but United are set to stay where they are in the short to medium term.

As per Mail Sport, a gravel area that houses cabins and is used as a car park has been identified for a planned development, which will increase the footprint and accommodate an ever-growing backroom operation.

In the summer, Newcastle took out a five-year lease on the adjacent Northumberland FA building after the organisation moved to the Coast Road. That is now being used by the club’s scouting, media and communications departments.

When asked about plans for the training ground in August, Newcastle chief operating officer Brad Miller said: “Again, similarly to stadium investment, we are looking at what is our forever home and is that where we are? Or are there opportunities to help the football side by moving elsewhere?

“Again, question mark over that, don't know. What we are looking at is to make sure that we've got an elite environment across all of our training and our academy across all of the teams to make sure that we've got that in place as soon as we possibly can and that builds upon the investment that's already gone in and then that allows us the time and space to think really strategically about what is the best thing to do into the future. But we're not compromising what we're providing today in order to get to that.”