Newcastle Plan New Training Complex With Striking Similarities to Manchester City Hub

Ever since the financial takeover of Manchester City in 2008, significant progress has been made on and off the pitch.

With incredible investment into the playing squad, the Blues have won six Premier League titles, two FA Cup trophies, six League Cup successes and two Community Shield's.

Despite achieving so much with Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini, the most prolific years have been since Pep Guardiola's arrival at the club.

The Catalan has completely transformed the club from back to front and the hard work has translated onto on-field dominance.

Guardiola's DNA is now firmly engrained in the club from the first-team, right the way through to the youth set-up.

It's also well known multiple teams up and down the country have adapted to suit his methods.

However, before his appointment was even on the radar, the club built a mammoth £200 million City Football Academy complex, right next to the Etihad Stadium.

It acts as the first-team training base, but is also the home of City's women's and academy teams throughout the season.

The state-of-the-art structure was opened in 2014 and has earned rave reviews from around the world for its facilities - including the Argentinian National Team.

There is perhaps no surprise that other super-clubs are looking towards City's model when trying to establish themselves as a major force.

Newcastle United were taken-over in January after lengthy negotiations and have lofty ambitions of competing at the top of the Premier League.

A few months back, the Magpies' director Amanda Staveley visited the CFA to 'talk and see the training facilities', in the view of seeing what they can learn.

Let's just say the took some inspiration from City's set-up.

The newly-announced Quayside Complex - set to be unveiled in 2026 - will be Newcastle's new training base.

From the aerial planning photos, the structure is strikingly similar to the CFA, with a smaller stadium in the shadow of St James' Park and multiple 4G pitches surrounding the area.

Eddie's Howe's side made progress on the pitch next season and their summer spending would suggest they want to push even further this season.

However, like City's journey has shown, getting a set structure in place in the boardroom is vitally important.