Wubben-moy Signs New Arsenal Contract

Arsenal defender Lotte Wubben-Moy has signed a caller three-year statement pinch nan Women's Super League club.

The 26-year-old defender has made 9 WSL appearances successful an injury-disrupted season, and has not played since nan opening of February.

She is expected to beryllium successful contention for Sunday's Champions League semi-final 2nd limb successful Lyon, pinch nan Gunners trailing 2-1 aft nan first leg.

"I consciousness a immense magnitude of pride, excitement and optimism to erstwhile again put pen to insubstantial astatine this typical shot club," Wubben-Moy said.

"Arsenal is nan nine I want to triumph pinch and I consciousness this caller statement comes astatine a clip successful my profession wherever my ambitions are matched by my abilities connected nan pitch. I'm wished to make this adjacent section count."

Wubben-Moy - a lifelong Arsenal instrumentality - made her elder debut successful 2015 astatine nan property of 16 aft coming done nan club's academy.

She spent clip successful nan United States pinch nan North Carolina Tar Heels earlier returning to Arsenal successful 2020, and has made 143 elder appearances for nan Gunners.

She has won nan FA Cup and League Cup crossed her 2 spells successful North London, and was named Arsenal's subordinate of nan play successful 2023-24.

Wubben-Moy has earned 13 elder England caps, having made her debut successful 2021. She was portion of nan Lionesses' squad that won Euro 2022 and reached nan last of nan 2023 Women's World Cup.

Arsenal head Renee Slegers said: "We're truthful happy that Lotte has signed a caller contract. Lotte is simply a apical defender who has shown important progression successful caller years, and will proceed to play an important domiciled arsenic we prosecute our shared extremity of competing for nan highest honours successful nan game."

The club's head of women's shot Clare Wheatley said: "We're very proud of Lotte's travel from our academy to our first team, done to this caller statement present pinch us.

"Lotte is simply a awesome domiciled exemplary for each young players - an illustration of really difficult work, beardown values and determination are nan level for success.

"We cognize that she will proceed to springiness each of herself to Arsenal Football Club, some connected nan transportation and of people successful her accordant support of our wider community."

In July 2024 Wubben-Moy was honoured pinch nan Charlton Award for her activism for adjacent entree to shot for girls.