Liverpool open new £50m state-of-the-art Training Centre three times the size of Melwood with Klopp and Shankly on the walls and even a ‘James Milner door’

Liverpool have officially opened their new £50million training ground in Kirkby.

The state-of-the-art complex is called the AXA Training Centre and replaces their Melwood base, which housed Liverpool players for 70 years.

The front of Liverpool’s new training groundGetty Images - GettyWhat players will see when they walk through the door of the main buildingGetty Images - Getty

The new development includes three full-size pitches, goalkeeping and warm-up areas, along with two gyms, a sports hall, pool, hydrotherapy complex and specialist sports rehabilitation suites.

The gym is three times the size of the Melwood one, while the medical areas are twice as big.

And the door leading to the first-team suite is hilariously called ‘The James Milner Door’.

The James Milner Door was suggested by the player himself as a jokeGetty Images - GettyThere are three full-sized pitchesGetty Images - Getty

Liverpool shared a video of the new training complex with the caption: ‘A new era begins’.

Last week, Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher paid an emotional tribute to Melwood.

He told talkSPORT: “It was basically a mess when Bill Shankly came in 1959 and revolutionised it.

“It has to keep progressing and moving forward, but it wasn’t until people started sharing stories that I got emotional.

“It was like being a kid again, I went there for the first time in 1987 as a nine-year-old and I was there ever since.

The media will be able to speak to Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp in this roomGetty Images - GettyThe changing rooms are very spaciousGetty Images - GettyTwo of Liverpool’s greatest ever managers are plastered on the walls at KirkbyGETTY IMAGES

GETTY IMAGES Famous Liverpool quotes are scattered all over the complex[/caption]

“The memories and the things that I went through. I remember David Beckham scoring a free-kick when I was in the A team!

“Playing in the famous staff games, the staff never lost a game in 70 years. If they were getting beaten, they just kept on playing until they won.

“It would be next goal wins and if they couldn’t find it, they’d start cheating.

“It was always a great mentality, it was about winning, winning has always been the biggest thing at Liverpool.

Klopp’s office is smart to say the leastGETTY IMAGESThe gym is much bigger than the one at MelwoodGetty Images - GettyThe pools inside Liverpool’s new training baseGetty Images - Getty

“I’ve got great memories there, I’m sorry to see it go, but the place they’re moving to will be as good as anything in world football.

“It’s great to see all the pictures and memories. I love the place.”