Vivianne Miedema will go away Arsenal when her contract expires summer time, the membership introduced on Monday, with sources telling ESPN that WSL rivals Manchester Metropolis are her probably vacation spot.
Miedema has extensively been thought to be among the finest gamers on the earth however an ACL harm has marred her since final season and compelled her to overlook the 2023 Ladies’s World Cup.
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“On behalf of everybody on the membership, we thank Viv for her enormous contribution in the direction of the success of the staff throughout her seven years with us,” Arsenal sporting director Edu Gaspar mentioned.
“Viv’s objectives and general performances as an Arsenal participant have been of the very best high quality, and he or she has created so many fantastic reminiscences for us over time. We want Viv and her household the very best of well being and happiness for the long run.”
The 27-year-old joined the north London membership in 2017 and went on to attain 125 objectives and supply 50 assists in her 172 appearances.
She is the all-time top-scorer within the WSL, successful the WSL Golden Boot within the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons.
“Being a part of this group of gamers over time has all the time impressed me to be the very best I could be,” Miedema mentioned in a press release posted on social media afterward Monday. “From scoring my first objective in opposition to Everton, to my fiftieth in opposition to Spurs, to scoring my a hundredth objective within the UWCL in opposition to Sparta Prague and naturally my ACL comeback in opposition to Liverpool FC, all of them felt particular. And to characterize Arsenal within the WSL, FA Cup, Continental Cup and finally the Ladies’s Champions League has all the time been an honour.
“A journey like that is by no means simple. We have shared so many wonderful moments over time, however sadly sufficient robust occasions are a part of soccer and life too. In these tough occasions we realise what we’re manufactured from, but additionally who we’d like round us. And that is the place this staff has been further particular to me. Rupturing my ACL has been one of many hardest issues I’ve needed to undergo in my profession however having the assist of my teammates has helped me keep motivated and to have the ability to share my comeback collectively was one thing I will all the time bear in mind.”