'We won the World Cup and it changed nothing'

Arsenal guardant Mariona Caldentey has said much Spanish players are moving to nan Women's Super League because "we won nan World Cup and it changed nothing".

Caldentey, 28, joined Arsenal from Barcelona this summertime and is 1 of 9 Spain internationals playing successful England's apical flight.

She was portion of Spain's World Cup-winning squad successful 2023 but said their triumph did not person nan aforesaid effect connected nan home crippled arsenic England's Euro 2022 triumph.

"The Spanish convention is not going really we would for illustration it," Caldentey told BBC Radio 5 Live's Women's Football Weekly., external

"When England won nan Euros, everyone could spot a really large alteration successful nan league. That is what we missed successful Spain.

"We won nan World Cup and it changed nothing. Right now England is nan champion convention to play successful and it is breathtaking for nan players."

The Lionesses' Euro 2022 triumph was a catalyst for accrued attendances successful nan women's crippled successful England, arsenic good arsenic information growth, pinch almost 1,500 caller teams registered since Sarina Wiegman's broadside hit Germany astatine Wembley.

Caldentey's Arsenal team-mate and chap World Cup victor Laia Codina said much Spanish players want to move to England because of nan maturation connected and disconnected nan pitch.

"England won nan Euros successful 2022 and we won nan World Cup past year. I really consciousness that thing changed successful Spain," she said.

"Here you tin spot that everything is changing, everything is improving. The clubs are spending much money to effort to spell up. Maybe it is why much Spanish players are coming here. It is simply a situation and an breathtaking place.

"In nan nationalist squad they inquire a lot, they want to cognize really it is going here. I dream that we tin bring much [players to nan WSL]."

Spain's Liga F received a immense boost connected Monday, erstwhile Ballon d'Or victor Aitana Bonmati signed a caller statement pinch Barcelona until nan summertime of 2028.

Some of Europe's biggest clubs, including Women's Super League champions Chelsea, were thought to beryllium willing successful Bonmati this summer.