'사람들은 내가 사라졌다고 생각한다': 메리 어프스가 런던 시티와 계약하고 잊혀진 기분에 대해 말한다

전 잉글랜드 골키퍼가 파리를 떠날 때가 된 이유, 새 클럽의 매력, 그리고 언제 멈춰야 할 때인지 이야기하다. 메리 어프스가 8년 전 볼프스부르크와 계약했을 때, 여자 챔피언스리그 결승전에 진출한 직후였다. 그때는 클럽 사진작가가 없었다. 즉, 그녀의 에이전트가 클럽 가게에서 목도리를 사러 잠깐 나갔다가...

출처: The Guardian Football

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].”