Liverpool have confirmed plans to move their first-team training base to Kirkby.
The club will depart its Melwood complex, which has been in use since the 1950s, and make the five-mile move to the site where its academy set-up is currently housed.
The Liverpool Echo reports that the project will cost in the region of £50 million and that the club's owners, Fenway Sports Group, have committed the funds.
The report added that the work on the site would be completed by the summer of 2019, with the first team making the switch for preseason training prior to the 2019-20 season.
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In a statement, the club said: "Liverpool FC and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council (KMBC) have announced joint plans for a proposed redevelopment of the Reds' Academy site in Kirkby, including improvements for local residents and the community playing fields at Simonswood Lane.
"A public consultation is being held next month for local residents and businesses to discuss the proposed plans in more detail.
"LFC's vision is to bring its first team and Academy football training operations and facilities together on one site. The £50m proposal includes the construction of a new combined training centre, the redevelopment of the existing facilities at the Academy and designs to convert the main pitch into an indoor pitch.
"As part of the proposed masterplan, KMBC is leading on proposals to provide new and improved football pitches and sports facilities to the area, working closely with local football teams, including Kirkby AFC. The much-needed upgrade to the pitches will be able to support the highest level of amateur football matches with new changing facilities and car park."
Knowsley Council's cabinet member for regeneration and economic development, Councillor Graham Morgan, added: "We have been working closely with Liverpool Football Club and the local community to develop these plans for the site on Simonswood Lane in Kirkby.
"As well as developing the LFC Academy site, the plans include proposals to provide new and improved football pitches and sports facilities for local teams and the community."
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp first publicly suggested that Melwood and Kirkby may need to be brought closer together after a preseason friendly at Tranmere Rovers back in July -- on the same day he penned a six-year contract extension at the club.
Liverpool's Kirkby site was first opened in 1998 and is currently headed by academy director Alex Inglethorpe, who signed a new contract back in November.