Man City sign Bristol City defender Layzell

Manchester City person signed Bristol City defender Naomi Layzell connected a four-year deal.

The 20-year-old was named Bristol City's young subordinate of nan twelvemonth past play arsenic nan Robins were relegated from nan Women's Super League (WSL).

Layzell, an England Under-21 international, has already trained pinch nan elder nationalist broadside aft catching nan oculus of head Sarina Wiegman.

She said of her move: "It's rather surreal to beryllium honest. You ever want to play for nan apical teams arsenic a young subordinate and I deliberation joining City is an breathtaking opportunity for me.

"Playing alongside and against apical elite professionals successful nan world is conscionable a superb opportunity and a really difficult 1 to move down."

Centre-back Layzell becomes City's sixth signing of nan summer, joining Vivianne Miedema, Risa Shimizu, Aoba Fujino, Eve Annets and Ayaka Yamashita successful moving to nan squad who vanished 2nd successful past season's WSL.