As tipped by the Enquirer last year, McLaren will deliver the £120m complex which features an impressive main building structure that moulds into the landscape.

Surrounding the building will be 11 full-size outdoor pitches, together with various smaller pitches.

Indoor facilities include 35 bedrooms, a hydrotherapy pool, rehabilitation facilities and dining areas for the club’s academy and first team, as well as administration offices and a media centre.

The signature main building includes a full-size indoor artificial pitch.

The centre will include a sports turf academy, to train the next generation of grounds-people, and a 499-seat mini-venue show pitch, so that the under-23 and under-18 teams can experience a match environment.

Preparation of the site will continue over the course of the next month before foundations for the main buildings are set.

Kevin Taylor, chairman of McLaren, said: “We are very excited to work on this prestigious project.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to partner with Leicester City to create a facility that will help to shape the next generation of top sportsmen and women – for the club and for the sport.”

The project supports biodiversity in the area, with the creation of 17 new ponds to attract wildlife and help to manage surface water drainage.

In addition, 38,000 new trees will be planted across more than 11 hectares of retained woodland, alongside 4.4 hectares of new planting and landscaping and 14.6 hectares of wildflower grassland.

The centre is set to complete in mid 2020.