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Manchester United Ladies have signed gifted full-back Anna Sandberg from BK Hacken for an undisclosed charge.
The official membership web site introduced that the membership “are delighted to announce the signing of Sweden worldwide Anna Sandberg on a contract working till the top of the 2026/27 season, with an choice for an extra yr.”
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The United Ladies’s staff received off to a shaky begin this summer season after they misplaced the invaluable expertise of Mary Earps, Katie Zelem and Lucia Garcia.
Since then although, the membership have introduced in skilled Dutch worldwide Dominique Janssen, Elisabeth Terland and made Melvine Malard’s mortgage deal everlasting.
After turning into the facet’s fourth signing of the window, Sandberg mirrored, “I’m very glad and grateful to signal for this large membership, Manchester United.
“I hope I may help our staff with my qualities and ship many profitable moments for our implausible followers.”
Supervisor Marc Skinner additionally expressed his delight on the transfer. “We’re delighted to have Anna be part of our Manchester United household. She is a gifted younger participant, who already has a wealth of worldwide and Champions League expertise.
“We stay up for seeing her develop additional in purple,” the supervisor stated.
While the charge is unknown, The Guardian have reported that it “shall be a document switch charge for a Swedish ladies’s participant” and it’s understood to be “comfortably extra” than the reported £150,000 Everton paid to Rosengard for Hanna Bennison in 2021.
She was a part of the Sweden staff that completed third on the World Cup final yr and “has lengthy been thought of certainly one of Scandinavian soccer’s brightest younger abilities.”
Sandberg additionally has expertise within the Champions League and the membership shall be hoping she will be able to contribute a lot to the staff’s predominant goal, which is to qualify for Europe’s premier competitors.
Final season, she performed 17 video games in all competitions, scoring 4 targets and registering one help.
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