Arsenal Ladies have signed Doncaster Rovers Belles goalkeeper, Anna Moorhouse.
A former Everton Ladies and Durham Women’s player, the 21-year-old brings much needed reinforcement in that department to the club and goes straight into the first team.
Arsenal made the announcement on Friday, some 8 days AFTER she was official enough to be in the club photoshoot (see below).
Anna said about signing, “It’s a dream to have signed for Arsenal Ladies. I want to continue to work hard, to develop as a keeper, and to gain as much experience as possible. I can’t wait to get started.”
Manager Pedro Losa added, “We are very pleased to have completed the signing of Anna. She is a powerful, towering keeper who is very driven and eager to develop. I’m looking forward to working with her.”
But before it was officially announced, they teased fans a little with this tweet:
https://twitter.com/ArsenalLadies/status/832643285986402307
They couldn’t fool our ladies expert, however, who was able to reply:
the player in black is named Anna ?
— Sylvain Jamet (@S_Jamet) February 17, 2017
And how did he know ahead of the announcement?
Well, Arsenal’s very own Alex Scott had posted a picture on Instagram of the shot list for the Arsenal ladies pre-season photoshoot. Moorhouse’s name had been written at the bottom of the list.
basically Alex Scott had instagram story on photoshoot dayvahd you could see Anna Moorhouse name on the players list
— Sylvain Jamet (@S_Jamet) February 17, 2017
Here’s a screengrab of the post before it was deleted:
— Lionesses (@englionesses) February 18, 2017
Woops.
And here is the filled in squad photo:
https://twitter.com/ArsenalLadies/status/832658422461919232