'A whole new club' raring to go at Leicester City

Jamaica defender Chantelle Swaby says it is for illustration "a full caller club" astatine Leicester City this season.

Swaby, 26, joined nan Foxes successful July arsenic they began to embark connected a caller era nether French head Amandine Miquel.

With nan Women's Super League play kicking disconnected this weekend, Swaby hopes Leicester tin beryllium to beryllium "dark horses" and return to winning ways.

This has been a turbulent twelvemonth for nan nine aft erstwhile head Willie Kirk was sacked aft an investigation into an allegation he had a narration pinch a player.

Leicester said nan codification of behaviour which they recovered Kirk to person breached was "established and implemented" earlier nan 2023-24 season.

The squad ended past play pinch interim bosses Jennifer Foster and Stephen Kirby successful charge.

An eight-game winless tally made for a disappointing finish, contempt Leicester reaching nan Women's FA Cup semi-finals.

But Swaby is "excited" to spot what nan squad tin do this play pinch a caller head and caller players.

"It decidedly shows we're not nan aforesaid nine that we mightiness person been past year," said Swaby.

"A batch of times erstwhile you spot there's a guidance change, everything goes down nan drain, but I deliberation we've started disconnected connected nan beforehand ft successful pre-season.

"I deliberation things are looking really bully and I'm excited. The ambiance is really good. There's a bunch of different characters wrong nan team."

Swaby, who made 33 appearances crossed 2 seasons for French nine Fleury earlier joining Leicester, says she has "no expectations" for nan WSL campaign.

"I'm conscionable present to spot really it goes. There's a caller head and I consciousness for illustration there's a full new, different type of nine this year," she said.

First-team coach Kirby is group to leave to go head of Bristol City, who were relegated to nan Championship past season.

Leicester are eager to statesman good and show their rivals and doubters what they tin achieve.

They play distant to Liverpool connected Sunday successful their opening WSL lucifer of nan season.

"We didn't extremity successful a bully position past twelvemonth truthful [it's] conscionable making judge we get disconnected to a bully commencement successful our first fewer games. That will beryllium a really important thing," Swaby added.

"It could beryllium an eye-opener for a batch of nan teams that deliberation we are going to beryllium successful nan aforesaid position we were past year."