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Sources near Manchester United recommend Mary Earps seems to be set to remain on the membership for the foreseeable future.
Earps’ contract expires on the finish of the season and with the shot-stopper altering her agent the day the January switch window opened, it regarded as if she might be on her means out of the membership.
Arsenal had been favourites to signal England’s primary, with PSG and Barcelona additionally .
Nevertheless, sources near the membership have revealed that Earps’ stance has modified and she or he seems to be set to remain no less than till the summer time, if not longer.
Arsenal have at the moment introduced that their first alternative keeper, Manuela Zinsberger, has signed a brand new contract with the membership, additional including to the hypothesis that Earps is now not a viable goal for the Gunners.
Moreover, Manchester United introduced at the moment that goalkeeper Safia Middleton-Patel would be a part of Watford on mortgage for the rest of the season.
This implies United have simply Earps and Phallon Tullis-Joyce to name upon between the sticks in the intervening time.
The signing of Tullis-Joyce in the summertime confirmed that United had been getting ready for Earps’ departure.
The membership have additionally been closely linked with Metropolis shot-stopper Ellie Roebuck, additional suggesting that Earps’ departure was imminent however that appears to have all modified.
Earps has not but signed a contract extension with the Crimson Devils, so there may be nonetheless an opportunity that she should still depart on a free switch in the summertime.
In the intervening time although it seems to be optimistic that Earps may keep at United for some time longer, with our sources providing encouragement it may lengthen past the summer time.
Sports activities Persona of the 12 months, FIFA Greatest Goalkeeper for the second consecutive 12 months: Earps is arguably the largest identify in girls’s soccer. If United can preserve her on the membership, it may show to be an enormous second within the girls’s group’s historical past… and will surely relieve the strain on supervisor Marc Skinner!