Preparations underway for Barcelona academy to open in Baku

In connection with the upcoming opening of the academy of Spain's Barcelona Football Club in Baku, repair, restoration, and reconstruction works have begun at ASK Arena, where the academy will be located, Report informs.

The restoration of the main field with an area of approximately 9,500 square meters, as well as the auxiliary training field with an area of approximately 4,200 square meters, and the installation of new turf is being carried out by the AzFar company.

The following reconstruction works are also planned within the project:

- Updating the lamps intended for lighting football fields in accordance with modern requirements;

- Major renovation of changing rooms, sanitary facilities, technical and auxiliary rooms intended for athletes and club staff;

- Installation and full launch of ventilation and air conditioning systems in the administrative area where the above-mentioned rooms are located.

In his statement to journalists, Shovgi Babayev, a representative of the AzFar company, said that the repair, restoration, and reconstruction works at ASK Arena are being carried out within the framework of the planned opening of the Barcelona club's children's football school in Azerbaijan.

He added that the restoration of the main field with an area of approximately 9,500 square meters, as well as the auxiliary training field with an area of approximately 4,200 square meters, and the installation of new turf will be carried out by the AzFar company.

On March 1, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev met with Barcelona's president, Joan Laporta. During the meeting, it was announced that a document on the establishment of the Barcelona Football Academy in Azerbaijan would be signed. On March 31, officials of the Catalan club visited Baku and inspected the ASK Arena.

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