Carlisle United manager Keith Curle is hoping a change of scenery within Brunton Park will help his players this season.

Building work has been ongoing around the changing room area in recent weeks as Curle seeks to create a “very professional environment” within the corridors of the ground.

And as he prepares to begin his first full season at the helm, the Blues boss hopes the changes he initiated will benefit both his new-look squad and his coaching staff. 

“Credit has to go to the football club because they’ve allowed me to change the physical environment at the stadium to get things the way I want them to be,” he said. 

“The room set aside for the coaching staff has been developed into something I feel we can utilise in a good way. 

“The changing room is somewhere the players will walk into and they’ll be able to identify that the club is trying to help them to improve.

It’s now a very professional environment and it’s one where the coaches, players and management staff are united.

United’s top brass have sanctioned the work being done, and Curle has insisted that his players will still retain a level of privacy from coaching staff once the work is complete.

“Prior to [the renovation] we had a corridor and a couple of fire doors separating us. “ That allowed the players to have their space – and they’ll still be allowed to have that and to get the freedom to express themselves.

"What they understand now is that it needs to be done in a professional way.

“The players will get enough room to be themselves, but not to hang themselves. I think people are now starting to buy in to what I’m trying to achieve.”