BOURNEMOUTH stars looked amazed as they reported for their first day at their new training ground.
The Cherries have opened their brand new Performance Centre for business.
The likes of Justin Kluivert and Ryan Christie beamed as they made their way in from the car park.
Kluivert, 25, grinned as he said: “Bit different… lovely!”
As Christie walked into the dressing room he bellowed: “Look at this! Amazing!”
Aerial shots of the training ground show a huge semi-circle of buildings, with the view resembling something between a naval base and a James Bond villain’s lair.
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A video posted by the Cherries’ social channels also shows a spacious dressing room, gym area, canteen and lounge.
Upon returning from international duty, Andoni Iraola put his players through their paces on their pristine new training pitches.
The 57-acre training ground is located in Dorset village Canford Magna.
Bournemouth owner Bill Foley also has ambitious plans for the Cherries’ Vitality Stadium home.
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The ground currently holds just 11,307 fans – making it by far the smallest in the Premier League.
It had previously been suggested that Bournemouth could build a new stadium.
But during an appearance on talkSPORT earlier this month, Foley unveiled different plans.
The American, 80, said: “We are well underway to having a solution for our stadium with several stages in mind.
“The first stage would be to grow to about 16,000 seats, the next stage would be about 20,000, and the third stage would be to about 24,000 seats.
“Much more hospitality and a much more welcoming environment, in terms of when people arrive and how they get into the stands and so on.”
Private property company Structadene currently owns the Vitality Stadium.
Foley wants to buy the stadium outright before beginning improvements.
‘WE NEED TO IMPROVE IT’
He said: “We are hopefully going to be acquiring the Vitality.
“We have a plan in place. It is going to be a staged effort, and we need to have the council’s approval.
“We’ll start with the south stand, and we’ll really expand that and make that a permanent stand with some hospitality.
“At the same time we’re going to be redoing the main stand in terms of hospitality and ingress and egress, high speed elevators and so on so people aren’t having to walk up three flights to go to have lunch and then walk down two flights to go to their seats, and then walk two flights up again.
“The stadium is just antiquated and we need to improve it.”
Bournemouth face a battle to hold on to manager Iraola this summer.
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The Spaniard, 42, has emerged as Tottenham’s top target to replace under-fire Ange Postecoglou, should the Aussie be sacked.
While Real Madrid are also claimed to be keen on Iraola, if Carlo Ancelotti leaves.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
