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SAINTS have thrown open the doors to their new £40m training ground development at Staplewood.

Here, the Daily Echo shows you the facilities Southampton FC players and staff will be using to ensure the club performs as well as it can in the Premier League and beyond.

The club have also said that the final cost of the development comes in at more than £39m when including further works, which is is up from the last reported figure of £30m, that itself was double the original £15m budget.

Chief executive Gareth Rogers said: “This is all about Markus’ vision, but also taken on by Katharina in the four years that she’s been in control of the club.

“This building is what the club is all about – creativity, progressiveness, but most importantly unity and respect, because that is what the most important thing in this club is."

Saints' £12m forward Shane Long added: “It’s a club that’s destined for big things in the Premiership. The facilities here are amazing – they’re the highest standard I’ve seen. Southampton is a club that progresses players, and that’s what I want to do, and I’m in the right set-up and under the right management to do that, so I’m excited by what’s ahead."

The new training ground will be used by all age groups, with players start at one end of the training ground as U8s and graduating through the site.

Speaking about how much of an impact the new facility will have on the on all age groups at the  club, Les Reed said: “The idea is they graduate through these different-sized pitches and move up the site.

“The design of the site has been aspirational as well as practical for coaching.

“From under-eight all the way through too the first-team, we will have the best facilities you could ever want to develop football players in."