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Liverpool FC Women: training on the iconic Melwood ground 

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By Thomas Hein

The good news of buying back the Melwood training ground for the Liverpool FC Women has hit the public as of the early days of June and has cheered every fan of the club, generating stronger expectations and raising the bar for the upcoming performance. 

Liverpool FC Women, showing a remarkable run up to the league and being in the 7th position, is lately concentrating the eyes of football lovers, bettors and sportsbooks alike, including and other European online bookies, who have seen an growing volume of bet slips landing on fixtures and games featuring the club. 

Melwood is expected to raise even more interest on the part of fans and punters, since Liveropool FC plans to use it for the women’s team training so as to ensure high quality programs, advancement of their game and highly-specialized, elite workouts.

Melwood is uniquely tied to the history of Liverpool FC. In fact it had been the iconic, legendary home facility hosting all the glory and the grandeur of the club for almost 70 years, before it was sold to the well known affordable -house developing firm Torus. Torus, although received the permission to proceed with the planning of the Melwood redevelopment, but it seems that it never materialized. 

Meanwhile, the club began to show a rejuvenated interest in Melwood, particularly as they foresaw developing an elite training ground for the women’s first team and the Professional Game Academy. Among the most attractive options for the facility was the ground they had once – in 2019 actually -sold to the house developer. And just like that, Melwood came back at the hands of LFC. 

Everybody, including the club officials and the managing director, are indeed excited to step their foot back on Melwood and revive the renowned place where Liverpool FC had been training. A revival that this time will concern the women’s team, which admittedly is in great need of a quality facility, given its course lately.

It has been reported that LFC paid nearly 13 million British pounds to acquire the formerly owned training ground. But no matter how much they paid, this move is expected to be a catalyst for the subsequent performance of the female club. 

Liverpool FC Women are now in a good track and in the right direction towards reshaping their potentials for bigger success. They have been facing some issues, but the new facility and the entire new approach to their training, will certainly pay off and this is about to be seen not so far in the future. 

Doing their training in the shared facilities at Tranmere Solar Campus on Wallasey was not quite the best for the club, but now they are in front of something bigger and much more suitable to their needs, their status and their goals. 

What is interesting to note is that there is a strong intention to use Melwood for community outreach within the framework of the LFC Foundation programs as well as for the continuation of the Fowler Education and Football Academy (FEFA), which has been so good and effective. 

Overall, Melwood’s re-acquisition by Liverpool FC is expected to be a very smart and strategic move on the part of the club, in their effort to push forward the up-rising women’s team. It remains to be seen how this move will advance the style, the dynamics, the skills and the competencies of Liverpool FC Women. Analysts suggest that training on the new grounds is going to influence every aspect of the club’s potentials including the recruitment and retaining of talent, the development of skills and football qualities and the creation of a unique atmosphere between all members of the club!