Former England goalkeeper Mary Earps has secured a return to the Girls’s Tremendous League with London Metropolis Lionesses.
Arps was a key participant in coach Sarina Wiegmann’s staff, which defeated Germany 2-1 in further time within the last to win the European Championship for the primary time in 2022.
She additionally helped England attain the ultimate of the Girls’s World Cup the next yr, memorably changing Jennifer Hermoso’s penalty in a high-profile match, however Spain gained 1-0 due to Olga Carmona’s aim.
Earps retired from worldwide responsibility forward of Euro 2025 after Hannah Hampton changed him because the Lionesses’ first-choice goalkeeper, with Wiegmann’s aspect retaining the trophy with a penalty shoot-out victory over Spain.
Arps left the WSL two years in the past, becoming a member of Paris Saint-Germain from Manchester United, and performed 41 league video games in France, holding 19 clear sheets and ending second within the 2024-25 season and third in 2025-26.
After his contract with PSG expired, the 33-year-old agreed a two-year contract with London Metropolis, who’re additionally rumored to be an formidable transfer for two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putelas after leaving Barcelona as a free agent.
A groundbreaking signal for a groundbreaking season.
https://t.co/JEaYz3amVp pic.twitter.com/r0Bdao9ED6— London Metropolis Lionesses (@LC_Lionesses) June 19, 2026
“The membership’s values symbolize what I need to symbolize and they’re obsessed with what I need to obtain and alter the sport in a optimistic means,” Arps stated in a press release.
“All of the conversations have been actually optimistic and each time I spoke to the membership I wished to listen to extra.
“The imaginative and prescient and ambition, together with the brand new coaching facility, is unimaginable and I am wanting ahead to seeing it develop. This reveals that our proprietor Michele (Kan) and everybody on the membership actually need to go for it.”
“It’s necessary to place down markers and say we need to be aggressive in a brief period of time.”
London Metropolis have already introduced the signings of French midfielder Grace Gueyolo and winger Delphine Cascarino, in addition to Spanish defender Yana Fernandes, as they purpose to complete sixth within the opening spherical of the 2025-26 WSL season.
