THE company that built Southampton’s landmark Horizon Cruise Terminal has landed a contract to put up a state-of-the-art gym for the Saints.

Brymor Construction has begun work on the complex at the Premier League’s Staplewood training round at Marchwood.

The new facilities, which include a new kit store, will be used by all the Saints’ senior teams, including the squad which has just achieved promotion to the Women’s Championship as well as the development and academy sides.

The new gym will be triple the size of the existing one at 450sqm and Brymor says it will further improve the Saints’ training facilities to put them among the best in the Premier League.

Brymor, which marks its 35th anniversary this year, is main contractor for the project. The design and planning team included agents and quantity surveyors Mace and award-winning architecture and design practice KSS.

Brymor chairman Stephen Morton, who founded the company with his wife Jan in 1987, said: “As a Hampshire firm it is a privilege to undertake this superb project for Southampton FC.

“The new gym will mean that Southampton’s elite footballers will have modern, state-of-the-art facilities to rival any Premier League side in the country.

“The club brings a great deal of prestige and economic vitality to the area, and we are proud to be able to play our part in helping it to even greater success on and off the pitch in the future.

“Many of our employees are Saints fans and they are excited about the prospect of becoming involved with the club.

“It is also another landmark project for us as we celebrate our 35th anniversary year. We are thrilled to get the project started.”

The new facility, which won planning permission in January from New Forest District Council, will be built as an extension to Staplewood’s Markus Liebherr Pavilion.

Southampton FC has based its training ground at 42-acre Staplewood in Long Lane, Marchwood, for nearly 30 years.

Brymor, headquartered at Denmead, has a £75million turnover and works in a range of sectors, including education, healthcare, hotel and leisure, façade rectification, infrastructure, commercial and industrial, defence, heritage, housing and retail.