Reading boss Brian McDermott has revealed that the club are searching for a new training ground as they look to improve off the pitch.
Royals’ Hogwood Park base in Arborfield has undergone large-scale changes this summer, with new temporary buildings erected to help the club in their quest for Category 1 status in the Academy Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP). In order to compete with their top-flight rivals, the club know that they will need a bigger facility than Hogwood, where they have been since the start of the 2004/05 season. McDermott told getreading:
“We’re trying to upgrade everything and doing the best we possibly can – we’re trying to get a new training ground. We will wait and see now. For me the club is going to be successful because we have such good people here – that’s the most important thing.”
McDermott’s transfer kitty won’t be affected by the club’s efforts to improve their training ground, and they know that by improving what they have, they will also be able to attract a higher quality of player to Berkshire. McDermott continued:
“My playing budget is done. I think the business we did in the window is incredible. To get the players we did for the money we paid was incredible. We’re delighted with the business that we have done.”
