{"id":823529,"date":"2025-02-01T10:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T16:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/chelsea-sign-england-midfielder-walsh-from-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T10:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T16:12:10","slug":"chelsea-sign-england-midfielder-walsh-from-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/chelsea-sign-england-midfielder-walsh-from-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea sign England midfielder Walsh from Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmwebhandler.aff-online.com\/C\/35442?sr=155474&#038;anid=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/SN\/images\/300x250_HR.gif\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s Super League champions Chelsea have confirmed the signing of England midfielder Keira Walsh. <\/p>\n<p>The former Manchester City player returns to the English top-flight after spending two-and-half seasons in Spain, where she secured two Liga F titles and back-to-back Champions League titles along with winning the Copa de la Reina once and the Supercopa de Espana Femenina thrice. <\/p>\n<p>She becomes the WSL leaders\u2019 third signing of the January transfer window after United States defender Naomi Girma, who joined the Blues for a reported world record fee of \u00a3900,000, and goalkeeper Femke Liefting. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable. I\u2019m very happy to be here and very excited to get started,\u201d Walsh said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at the history of the trophies Chelsea have won, and I\u2019m an ambitious player and person, so for me, it is a good fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walsh came through the ranks at Blackburn Rovers before signing for City in 2014, winning the WSL in 2016 along with three FA Cups and four League Cups during her eight-year stay. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcome to your new home, Keira Walsh. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gO6bt9jpE6\">pic.twitter.com\/gO6bt9jpE6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chelsea FC Women (@ChelseaFCW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaFCW\/status\/1885410235751272550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Lionesses star left the club to join Barcelona for a then-world-record fee of \u00a3400,000 in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a Culer has been a dream come true, and I\u2019m grateful for the memories that will last a lifetime,\u201d Walsh posted on Instagram. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a privilege to be part of such a special group of players, sharing unforgettable moments on and off the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walsh was named the Player of the Match in the final against Germany as England won the European Championship in 2022, while she also helped the nation reach the World Cup final the following year. <\/p>\n<p>Sonia Bompastor\u2019s unbeaten Chelsea are top of the WSL table with 11 wins and a draw, and lead second-placed Manchester United by seven points. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/chelsea-sign-england-midfielder-walsh-from-barcelona\/381348\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Women\u2019s Super League champions Chelsea have confirmed the signing of England midfielder Keira Walsh. The former Manchester City player returns to the English top-flight after spending two-and-half seasons in Spain, where she secured two Liga F titles and back-to-back Champions League titles along with winning the Copa de la Reina once and the Supercopa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":823530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2012,23106,2005],"tags":[15041,12071],"class_list":{"0":"post-823529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chelsea","8":"category-england","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-chelsea","11":"tag-england"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}