Manchester United to add anti-truck bollards and 11-foot steel gate at training ground to thwart terror attacks

MANCHESTER United are building a ring of steel around their training ground to protect stars from terrorist lorry attacks.

Security at the club’s £60million Aon Training Complex will be beefed up using bollards, automatic barriers and 11ft-high steel gates.

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The plan is to fit the club’s £60million Aon Training Complex with bollards, automatic barriers and 11ft-high steel gates[/caption]

The Premier League giants have outlined the measures in planning applications to local officials. Club bosses say of the complex, on the outskirts of Manchester: “A range of measures are proposed.

“This level of security is required due to the high profile of Manchester United and to ensure visitors are controlled and the complex remains secure.”

A source said: “The police have told potential terror targets to be vigilant and United’s fame puts them near the top of the pecking order.”

A Premier League game was postponed after a fake bomb was found at Old Trafford last year.

It had been used as part of a security drill.