The project of the new sports complex of Manchester City’s the ‘Dyrrah City Football Academy’, which will be built in the Spitalla area in Durrës was presented.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, Minister of Education and Sports Ogerta Manastirliu, Mayor of Durrës, leaders of Manchester participated in the ceremony held in the premises of the Prime Minister’s Office, where the five Manchester City trophies won during the 2022-2023 football season were on display. The ceremony was attended by City leaders, athletes and guests from the world of sports.

During her speech on the occasion, Albanian Minister of Education and Sports, Ogerta Manastirliu considered the opening of this school a golden opportunity for young Albanians and a model for the region.

“The Dyrrah City Football Academy Foundation, supported by the Ministry of Education and Sports, has already signed an agreement with Manchester City to enable the opening of the Football School and we expect to open it in September. The Dinamo City Club has been selected to realize this gigantic investment, this sports facility that will be built according to the idea of ​​the architect Marco Casamonti,” said Manastirliu.

The new sports complex is expected to be among the most modern training complexes in the region, a sports facility with eight sports fields for youth and professionals, gyms, physiotherapy centers, multi-functional facilities, residential spaces, where new talents of the most popular sport, which is football, will be discovered, formed and promoted.

“This modern sports complex, I am convinced, will be a pride not only for our country, but also for the region, where the demand to apply to this school will increase not only from children and young people in Albania, but also in the Balkans, even wider,” said Manastirliu.

In the frame of the cooperation agreement that Manchester City has concluded with the Dyrrah City Football Academy Foundation, as well as the preliminary agreement that the Albanian Ministry of Education and Sports has signed in April 2023, several activities have started to organize to promote the project and to stimulate the interest of the public for the opening of the first season of the said Academy in September 2024.

On April 16-19, the 5 trophies won by Manchester City last season at the national and international level will stay for display in Albania, the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, and the UEFA Super Cup.

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