Top 5 training facilities in world football

The game of football has reached great standards of excellence in recent years. It has grown a lot technically and attributes likes speed, pace and agility are necessary for any footballer in the present day to be able to reach the highest standard of play.All the big clubs in the game have very good facilities which are essential for the growth and development of future players. As the saying goes, ‘The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war’. Proper facilities do not only include the ground but also medical staff, equipment used by the staff, swimming pool and other aspects of infrastructure to really improve the overall experience for the players and everyone at the club.

#5 Arsenal: London Colney

London Colney, which hosts the training facilities of Arsenal, is the brain child of the club manager Arsene Wenger, who has been with the club since 1996. The multi-million pound centre of excellence was built in 1998 with the help of a huge chunk of the transfer fee received from Nicolas Anelka’s move to Real Madrid and was officially opened in October 1999. 

It consists of ten full-size pitches, one indoor pitch and medical and rehabilitation facilities which have been well renowned for years now, with even the English National Team preferring to use it while preparing international matches and tournaments. 

The facilities are known to be top-class and are frequently used by the England National Team for their preparations ahead of international tournaments and matches.

Thomas Muller called the Emirates Stadium pitch his ‘living room carpet’ after their 2-0 Champions League loss against Arsenal in October. This kind of extensive work is also applied to the pitches at this complex, with one of the pitches having under-soil heating as well, mimicking its much larger and more glorious counterpart.