Beth Mead has joined Ladies’s Tremendous League champions Manchester Metropolis on a free switch.
The England worldwide will go away Arsenal on the finish of the 2025-26 season.
Meade has performed 167 WSL video games for the Gunners, the fourth-highest complete for the membership.
With 104 WSL purpose involvements for Arsenal, solely Vivian Miedema (115) is second, whereas Meade holds the top-flight report for assists with 54.
Nevertheless, the 31-year-old was unable to agree new phrases with Arsenal and now has a three-year contract with Metropolis.
Mead instructed Metropolis’s membership media: “I am very proud to be right here. Metropolis clearly had an amazing season final yr, however I am excited to start out a brand new chapter right here.”
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“I believe the way in which Metropolis play fits me very nicely and I really feel it brings one thing extra out of my sport.
“I talked to the coach and this was a spot the place I assumed I may actually slot in and assist the staff and convey a distinct dynamic to the staff, so it was a no brainer for me.”
Mead ranks fifth on the WSL all-time targets checklist with 72 targets.
Therese Chaugran, Metropolis’s director of soccer, mentioned: “Beth’s achievements within the sport communicate for themselves and we’re delighted to have the ability to carry her to the membership.”
“She has proven us what it takes to carry out constantly on the form of massive phases we need to compete on recurrently and will likely be an amazing addition to an already gifted staff of gamers.”
