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Everton hope to have the construction of players' sleeping quarters at Finch Farm completed in time for next season.

The building of an accommodation block will be the first phase of a major revamp planned at the Blues' Halewood training complex.

Everton's vision for Finch Farm , their home since 2007, also includes a new full-size indoor training pitch but the building of bedrooms for players, as well as an extension to the club's medical facilities, is expected first.

Blues boss Roberto Martinez first talked about his ideas for a new-look training ground during his first season in charge and he is now hopeful work will get under-way soon.

Martinez has taken inspiration from Real Madrid and insists that rest between training sessions - and after long trips for away games - is vital.

"It should have been started. We have had some delays but that is all done now and the plans have been very, very good and it is something we need at the training ground," Martinez told the ECHO.

"We will make sure that gets done before the start of next season, or at least be on the way."

"Finch Farm needs to be a place that becomes like a home for the younger players and for the senior players they need to have the opportunity of resting here and having eight hours sleep," the Blues boss went on to say.

"Especially when we have been in Europe and arrive back really, really late, it will be a really important facility to have.

"To have the bedrooms and extra area for our medical work at Finch Farm is important and it is always behind our thinking.

"That group, the ones between 19-22, they sometimes need four sessions a day and sometimes you need to have your own resting area to make the training effective.

"So it will help the developing players but it is also designed to help the preparation of the senior players.

"For me, it is a must in modern day football."

Real Madrid's players each have their own suite at a facility built at their La Residencia training base but Martinez says such thinking is not commonplace.

And with new billionaire investor Farhad Moshiri ready to help improve Everton's "structure and facilities" the Blues hope to press ahead with their grand designs for Finch Farm.

"There are training grounds that have that facility, not a lot though," Martinez said.

"I just feel that when you prepare the day-to-day and the programmes of the players, it is something we miss.

"Seeing a player just going home and coming back, just to get some rest, they are spending a lot of time on the road so there is a real need to have this facility in the players' programmes.

"I have seen it in Ukraine, they have got really good facilities, Real Madrid - on a different scale - they opened up a hotel for first-team needs.

"For us, in what we need to do to develop our players, it is important the player can have their own space and get eight hours sleep."