Stoke City have officially moved into their new £10 million training facility at Clayton Wood.

On Tuesday 17 February, the first team officially moved into the "elite training facility" following 15 months of construction led by contractors Speller Metcalfe.

The new building features a range of facilities catering to performance, recovery, rehabilitation, gymnasium, nutrition and sports science, including a cryotherapy chamber and hydrotherapy pool.

"This is a significant step for the football club and it fills me with great pride to see our new first team training facility in operation for the first time," Chair John Coates said.

"Stoke City is my passion and I will continue to do everything in my power to ensure our players and staff have the best environment possible to make us successful.

"Clearly the facilities need to be matched by a culture of relentless hard work, which Jon Walters and Mark Robins continue to drive every day, in our long-term pursuit of being better than we have ever been before."

The club announced that the second phase of the Clayton Wood development, a refurbishment of the existing building which will exclusively serve the Club's Category One Academy and women's team, will now commence.

The work is expected to take the total investment made in the Club's training base since its acquisition over £25 million.

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Potters' Vice-Chairman, Richard Smith, said: "It was a great feeling to see the excitement of players and staff as they moved into the new building this week.

"A lot of dedication has been required by many people to move this project forward at pace and I would like to thank our staff for their significant contribution to the development.

"As always seems to be the case here at Stoke City, thanks to John's continued investment, our next projects start in earnest with the renovation of the existing pavilion and continued works at the bet365 Stadium."