Arsenal women have confirmed the names of 10 youngsters who will leave the club in the summer.
Arsenal women will release 10 youngsters this summer.
They confirmed the names of the players who would be leaving in the programme for the final FA WSL home game of the season against Everton on Wednesday night, which the Gunners won, thanks to an injury time winner from Stina Blackstenius, moving the team into second place ahead of the final game of the season.
The 10 players who will be released
- Niamh Peacock – 18, England youth international defender
- Gaby Dimmock – 19, England youth midfielder
- Lauren Bowe – 18, central midfielder/attacking midfielder/striker
- Eva Gray – 18, England youth international defender
- Marcie O’Meara – 18, central midfielder
- Teagan Scarlett – 18, Welsh midfielder
- Sophia Leonard – 17, Irish defender
- Hope McSheffrey – 17, England youth goalkeeper
- Poppy Brown – 18, midfielder
- Saskia Heard – 18, defender
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