Goalkeeper Eve Annets has signed a four-year take care of Manchester Metropolis, ending a turbulent interval with Studying FC following their exit from the Championship.
Studying confirmed they’d be withdrawing from the Championship on the finish of June as a consequence of monetary struggles. They’re set to play within the fifth tier through the 2024/25 marketing campaign.
After a difficult few months, 18-year-old Annets has described her transfer to the Cityzens as ‘unimaginable’. Annets joins the membership after making her England Underneath-19s debut earlier this 12 months, together with her first senior look in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur within the Continental Cup.
Talking about what she hopes to attain throughout her time in Manchester, Annets mentioned: “I believe for me individually, I wish to be attending to the elite stage and can push myself as excessive as I can in the direction of the very best gamers at this membership.
“I wish to be fitter, stronger, sooner, making higher saves in opposition to sooner paced photographs, issues like that, and simply growing a mindset of somebody who’s going for a WSL title and to be a part of that workforce can be actually good.”
The transfer will see Annets grow to be Metropolis’s third goalkeeper behind Khiara Keating and Sandy MacIver. Her arrival additionally marks the membership’s fourth signing of the summer season switch window, after already saying the acquisitions of Vivianne Miedema, Risa Shimizu and Aoba Fujino.
Annets shall be teaming up together with her England youth teammate Poppy Pritchard when she arrives at Metropolis. When requested whether or not she’s been in a position to converse to Pritchard in regards to the membership, Annets mentioned: “She doesn’t cease speaking about Metropolis, however it’s a very good factor. And it’s good to return right here and have a heat welcome face.
“We met at England in September on the primary camp collectively, so our friendship’s simply continuously laughing and pushing one another on the sector as nicely.”
Metropolis shall be getting into the upcoming season with their sights set on the WSL title, after narrowly lacking out on being topped 2023/24 champions to Chelsea, who beat them purely on purpose distinction.
