5 months ago
Manchester United are group to complete nan signing of nan Germany striker Lea Schüller connected a imperishable transportation from Bayern Munich.
Schüller, who has six months near connected her contract, has been a prolific goalscorer for nine and country, scoring much than 100 goals for Bayern and 54 times successful 82 games for her country, and she will beryllium seen arsenic a marquee signing for nan Women’s Super League side.
Her exit from Bayern has been anticipated since she appeared to beryllium fighting backmost tears erstwhile applauding nan German club’s supporters aft a triumph complete Bayer Leverkusen this month, connected a time erstwhile she watched nan lucifer from nan stands. The German newspaper Bild reported connected 23 December that nan Frauen-Bundesliga was losing 1 of its apical strikers and, according to aggregate sources, each nan paperwork is now finalised for nan transfer.
The 28-year-old’s presence should correspond a important boost to United’s guardant line. She has been very accordant successful beforehand of extremity successful Germany’s apical formation – for 7 consecutive seasons up to and including past term, Schüller reached astatine slightest a double-figures tally of convention goals, winning nan Golden Boot successful 2021-22 pinch 16 goals.
Securing Schüller’s signature comes astatine a clip erstwhile United look to beryllium gathering momentum. After qualifying for nan Champions League knockout shape playoffs successful a seeded position acknowledgment to an distant triumph complete Juventus, they hit Tottenham successful nan League Cup quarter-finals. So acold during nan WSL’s wintertime break they person announced nan signing of nan Sweden right-back Hanna Lundkvist connected a three-and-a-half-year woody and connected Sunday they confirmed that nan Japan midfielder Hinata Miyazawa has signed a caller statement astatine nan club.
On extending nan statement of Miyazawa, who has go thing of a instrumentality favourite since arriving successful 2023, United’s head of football, Matt Johnson, told nan club’s media channels: “She has go a captious constituent to nan measurement we play. Her footballing intelligence and method expertise enables her and nan squad to power and dictate play from cardinal areas.”
Lundkvist, who has joined from nan NWSL broadside San Diego Wave, said: “You tin consciousness really overmuch they [United] person grown successful nan past fewer years, competing successful 1 of nan strongest leagues successful nan world and performing successful nan Champions League.”
