50 million pounds of renovation! Thames: Manchester United base has added a professional barber room, etc., and the swimming pool has also been renovated

Manchester United spent £50 million to renovate the Carrington base. The British media Times introduced the situation of the base and added an exclusive barber room in the leisure area.

The Times said that Manchester United's £50 million new training base will be opened next month. In the past year, Amorin and his players have been using the youth training academy's venue as the original first-team double-storey building at the Carrington training base was completely demolished and rebuilt. The renovation was designed by Foster Architects, which has also planned a new stadium plan for the club with a capacity of 100,000 people.

Manchester United has not yet released the video data of the new base, but according to the information learned by the Times, it is only available for first-team players and logistics personnel to enter the first floor area, and is equipped with top-level performance training equipment. The first floor of

adopts a scientific process line design, and players will pass through the locker room, gym, swimming pool and physiotherapy massage area in sequence, and finally arrive at the training ground. Liverpool's training base adopts a similar layout. The Carrington base has added a cutting-edge cryotherapy room and the fitness facilities have been fully upgraded.

The second floor has a player's leisure and entertainment area, and a hairdressing room equipped with multiple barber chairs and professional equipment is specially planned. It is understood that this is the first training base in the UK with an exclusive barber room. It is not yet clear whether the club hires a barber or allows players to bring their own hairstylists. The core concept of adding barber rooms, top restaurants and other leisure areas at the Carrington base is to encourage players to extend the time they stay at the training base, rather than rushing home after training. Sir Braceford, Sir Ratcliffe's right-hand man, was deeply involved in this project and had made a special trip to inspect similar facilities for the rugby team. The club's chief operating officer Roche is responsible for the implementation of the project.

Ronaldo pointed out when he returned to Manchester United in 2021 that the Carrington pool still uses the old facilities he played for during his first time. Senior executives believe the criticism is too harsh, but Inex admitted that the swimming pool needs improvement and included it in the renovation project.

In addition, windows are added to the ground floor corridor. Some even described it as a "hospital-like corridor" because employees complained that the area was dark and wet. Another focus of INEX's rectification is to reduce the number of office compartments on the second floor. The new building adopts an open layout to promote cross-departmental collaboration. Some senior staff in non-football departments such as business will be moved from Old Trafford to Carrington, making the training base the core of the club's operations. After Sir Ratcliff acquired a 27.7% stake in Manchester United for £1.3 billion, he promised to invest an additional £237 million in infrastructure construction.

When Manchester United moved from Cliff training base to Carrington in 2000, the base was still modern, but it has shown signs of failure in recent years. Therefore, when Ronaldo criticized the base for "stagnation", some employees thought it was very pertinent. The head of the renovation project admitted that Manchester United has lagged behind Manchester City, Liverpool, Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur. These clubs have all launched new training bases in recent years.

Constructors are in the finale and are expected to be activated when the team ends three preseason games in the United States on August 4. Manchester United will then face Fiorentina at Old Trafford to complete the last pre-season friendly match this summer.