'Die Leute denken, ich sei verschwunden': Mary Earps über ihre Unterschrift bei London City und das Gefühl, vergessen zu werden
Die ehemalige englische Torhüterin spricht darüber, warum es Zeit war, Paris zu verlassen, den Reiz ihres neuen Klubs und wann sie wissen wird, dass es Zeit ist aufzuhören. Als Mary Earps vor acht Jahren, kurz nachdem sie im Finale der Women's Champions League gespielt hatten, bei Wolfsburg unterschrieb, gab es keinen Vereinsfotografen für ihre Vorstellung, Das heißt, ihr Agent ist kurz rausgegangen, um einen Schal im Clubladen zu kaufen, bevor er ein...
Former England goalkeeper discusses why it was time to leave Paris, the lure of her new club and when she will know it is time to stop
When Mary Earps signed for Wolfsburg eight years ago, shortly after they had played in the Women’s Champions League final, there was no club photographer available for her unveiling, meaning her agent popped out to buy a scarf from the club shop before taking a makeshift announcement image. So when the former England goalkeeper’s latest club, London City Lionesses, announced her Women’s Super League return with a glamorous photoshoot on a boat on the Thames in front of landmarks such as Tower Bridge, she was struck not only by how much the women’s game and her life have been transformed, but by the bold scale of her new team’s ambitions.
“The energy and effort put into the shoot, I would never have imagined this even five years ago,” says Earps, whose move to London City from Paris Saint-Germain was confirmed on Friday. “All I keep saying is: ‘I’m so excited,’ but that shoot just poured petrol on the excitement fire. Wow, if that’s what they do just to say: ‘Hey, by the way, Mary’s arrived,’ then imagine hopefully what we can do [in the future].”
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