Chelsea Ladies are closing in on a deal for England right-back Lucy Bronze following the expiry of her contract with Barcelona.
Bronza left Barca in June after serving to them win the Champions League for the second time in a row.
Bronze is called among the finest defenders within the recreation and has made 123 appearances for England, making her sixth on the record of all-time capped gamers for the Lionesses.
The 32-year-old defender leaves Spain after enjoying 70 video games over two seasons for Barcelona. Throughout her time there, she received two European titles, two championship titles and three home cups.
Earlier than transferring to Barcelona, Bronza made two appearances for Manchester Metropolis after a three-year spell at French aspect Lyon. She additionally performed for Sunderland, Everton and Liverpool.
Chelsea are additionally near signing midfielder Julia Bartel from the F League winners.
Julia Bartel (left) performed in all six video games of Spain’s Below-19s win at Euro 2022
The 20-year-old is a European U19 Championship winner with Spain however has struggled to interrupt into Barcelona’s first group and introduced final week that he’ll go away the membership on the finish of his contract.
When does the 2024/25 WSL season begin?
The 2024/25 Ladies’s Tremendous League season will start on the weekend of September 21 and 22.
Key dates for the highest two divisions of girls’s soccer subsequent time period have been confirmed, with the Barclays Ladies’s Championship kicking off two weeks earlier on the weekend of seven and eight September.
The winter break will run from December 16 to January 18, with the WSL season ending on the weekend of Might 10-11, 2025.
The beginning of the brand new WSL season comes 42 days after the Olympic ladies’s gold medal remaining.
The Nice Britain group didn’t qualify for the event in Paris after England’s failed Nations League marketing campaign, though the USA, Brazil and France are among the many groups which have certified.
In the meantime, the dates for the 2024/25 Ladies’s League Cup have additionally been confirmed, with the group stage going down from early October to mid-December. The ultimate will likely be held on the weekend of March 15 and 16, 2025.
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