The Dutchman revealed on Saturday that three new pitches have been laid

Louis van Gaal's plan to improve Manchester United's training ground is a step closer to completion after he revealed three state-of-the-art pitches have been installed at their base in Carrington.

Shortly after taking charge last July, Van Gaal demanded a number of changes to the training ground, known as the AON Training Complex.

The United manager ordered new floodlights so his players could train in the evenings, requested trees be planted in order to combat windy conditions and he also wanted HD cameras to be installed in order to record training sessions.

When Louis van Gaal took charge of Manchester United, he demanded a number of training ground changes

Van Gaal has revealed three state of the art pitches have been installed at United's training base in Carrington

Those requests have all been met and he revealed on Saturday that three new pitches have also been laid.

'Our preparations have been helped by the fact that the players are now able to train on our three new Desso GrassMaster pitches which have been installed at the Aon Training Complex,' Van Gaal wrote in his programme notes for Saturday's home match against West Brom.

'These pitches are exactly the same specification as the pitch at Old Trafford because part of the process is to replicate the conditions we have at the stadium into our training sessions.

'Our head groundsman at the training ground, Joe Pemberton, and his team have worked very hard during the season to ensure there was no disruption to our training schedules and the result is unbelievable.'