England Winger Close To Joining FC Barcelona
Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji
England winger, Lauren Hemp is close to agreeing to join European and Spanish champions, FC Barcelona according DAZN Women’s Football.
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The winger is currently contracted to English Women’s Super League (WSL) side, Manchester City FC until this summer.
City hoped the England international would renew, but currently, it looks likely that she will instead join the Spanish and European Champions.
The Lioness has been on stand-out form for club and country but her contract runs out in May.
At 23 years of age, Hemp already has over 100 appearances for Manchester City, including 93 WSL appearances and has been handed 51 international camps.
She has 16 goals for the Lionesses and was fundamental in the squad winning the Euros in 2022 as well as reaching the Fifa World Cup final in 2023.
Hemp has been named the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year on four occasions and featured twice in the PFA WSL Team of the Year (2020/2021 and 2021/2022).
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