Alan Hardy hopes to have new Notts County training ground ready by January 2019

Alan Hardy has revealed his hopes of having a new training ground for Notts County ready by January 2019.

The Magpies owner is currently in negotiations with three parties over the potential site of the state-of-the-art facility and wants the plans firmly in place by next year.

Notts currently train at Basford United's ground as part of an agreement between the two clubs, having previously been based in Ruddington and Arnold.

“Negotiations will continue with three parties regarding location this week because, for the first time ever, I want this club to have its own dedicated facility by January 1, 2019,” Hardy told the Nottingham Post.

“We have three options available to us that I am very carefully considering. Each is very exciting in different ways. Each has its own strengths and my job is to select the right one that builds a legacy for the future.

“This club needs and deserves its own high performance training facility which delivers the very best that we can provide with resources available to us.

“I’ve recently spent time at both Tottenham and Manchester City’s new facilities and while we can’t afford the enormous university style campus they have created, I have taken lots of ideas and styles from them both which has assisted me greatly.

“This is an integral part of the blueprint I’m creating and will be our springboard for the future... going to the next level is hugely exciting and 2018 will hopefully see its realization."

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