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Georgia Stanway will subordinate Arsenal astatine nan commencement of July connected a free transportation from Bayern Munich, nan Guardian understands. Subject to nan 27-year-old passing a medical, everything has been agreed for nan England midfielder to make nan move erstwhile her statement expires pinch nan Frauen Bundesliga club.
Bayern Munich confirmed successful January that Stanway would time off astatine nan extremity of her deal, aft 4 successful years successful which she has helped Bayern triumph 4 Bundesliga titles.
Stanway was a cardinal portion of nan England sides that person won back-to-back European titles and reached nan 2023 World Cup final. She has scored 32 goals successful 91 internationals and is wide considered 1 of nan world’s champion cardinal midfielders.
Previously a cardinal portion of Manchester City’s team, she has been celebrated successful Germany. In January, Bayern’s head of women’s football, Bianca Rech, praised her “commitment and character” and said Stanway had “stolen our hearts”, earlier explaining that they had talked openly astir her early and nan nine understood she wanted to effort thing knew.
Arsenal are understood to person been monitoring Stanway for respective years and identified her arsenic a target earlier past summer’s Champions League last occurrence arsenic portion of their succession readying successful midfield and pinch a position to trying to reclaim nan WSL title for nan first clip since 2019.
Arsenal are adjacent to finalising nan signing Géraldine Reuteler connected a free aft nan Switzerland international’s exit from Eintracht Frankfurt was confirmed. An attacking midfielder who tin besides play arsenic a forward, Reuteler has scored 54 goals and provided 45 assists successful 184 games for Frankfurt, including 10 goals this season. She was 1 of nan big nation’s prima performers astatine past summer’s European Championship.
Arsenal person announced nan summertime exits of Beth Mead, Katie McCabe, Victoria Pelova, Laia Codina and nan goalkeepers Manuela Zinsberger and Naomi Williams.
