Alan Hardy: 'New Notts County indoor training facilities are top quality'

Alan Hardy has spoken of the new indoor training facilities at Notts County, describing them as Championship quality and hoping that they will play a part in attracting top talent to Meadow Lane.

The Magpies chairman has funded the construction of a 4G pitch, changing rooms, a gym and a medical department which sits in the Family Stand.

"I showed Kevin the facilities and he was absolutely blown away by what we have created," Hardy told the Nottingham Post. "He said it is Championship standard and that was great to hear.

"Not only does it have a high performance gym and medical area, it's got one of the best 4G pitches in the country.

"In terms of size and quality, it's exactly the same as Arsenal's. The pitch is getting laid on Monday and it's nice to be able to say this is what Arsenal have and we also have it too.

"I think when you have these kind of facilities it can only help to attract players who will not only be blown away by our history, but the facilities we can offer them.

"We have goals that are on runners and can be positioned anywhere in the hall. Our first-team coach Mark Crossley said that, from a goalkeeping perspective, it was right up there with the Premier League.

"We are going to have four new goalkeepers coming in over the next two weeks for trials and they are England schools and youth internationals.

"Mark firmly believes that this could be a real centre of excellence in terms of goalkeeping.

"We want to be the best we can possibly be in every department both on and off the field. If you want to progress on the pitch, then you to need everything in place off it."

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