Man City sign WSL record goalscorer Miedema after Arsenal contract expires

Manchester City person signed erstwhile Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema connected a free transfer.

The 27-year-old, who is nan all-time starring goalscorer successful nan Women's Super League, near nan Gunners astatine nan extremity of June aft her statement expired.

Arsenal decided against offering Miedema a caller deal, contempt her scoring 125 goals successful 172 appearances for nan club.

The Netherlands international, who was constricted to conscionable 8 WSL appearances complete nan past 2 seasons aft she tore nan anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) successful her near knee successful December 2022, has now signed a three-year woody pinch City.

"The logic I chose City is because they person nan aforesaid ambitions arsenic maine - they want to triumph nan convention and titles," said Miedema.

"I’ve ever said I want to play pinch nan champion players successful nan world and I deliberation City person sewage that.

"I haven't played arsenic overmuch shot arsenic I would person wished complete nan past 2 years, but I deliberation and dream my champion years are still to come. I dream I'm going to beryllium capable to thief nan squad arsenic overmuch arsenic I tin do.

"In nan end, it was an easy prime for me. I want to situation myself each time successful training, but besides each azygous week successful nan games we play."

Miedema joined Arsenal successful 2017 from Bayern Munich and won nan WSL title pinch nan Gunners successful 2019, arsenic good arsenic 3 League Cup titles successful 2018, 2023 and 2024.

Eyebrows were raised erstwhile Arsenal chose not to connection a statement hold to Miedema.

She is 1 of nan top players successful WSL history and astatine 27, albeit still recovering afloat from her ACL injury, galore consciousness she tin deed apical shape again.

Miedema is simply a earthy goalscorer who has played overmuch of her profession arsenic a number nine, but has had much of a desire to play arsenic a number 10 successful caller years.

At Manchester City location is already an array of attacking talent, including past season's Golden Boot victor Khadija Shaw and England world Lauren Hemp.

And they collapsed their women's transportation grounds past play to motion Netherlands attacking midfielder Jill Roord.

After missing retired connected nan WSL title connected extremity quality connected nan last time of nan 2023-24 season, City needed to make moves successful nan transportation model to sound champions Chelsea, who person won nan past 5 titles, disconnected their perch - and this is surely a connection of intent.