Bethany England: Tottenham sign Chelsea forward on three-and-a-half year deal

Bethany England went connected indebtedness to Liverpool during the 2017/18 season, earlier returning to Chelsea

Tottenham person signed guardant Bethany England from Chelsea connected a three-and-a-half twelvemonth woody until June 2026.

The England planetary was portion of the Lionesses' Euro 2022 winning squad and has scored 11 goals successful 21 games.

In a station connected Twitter, England said: "It has been the biggest honour to play for this astonishing nine that has been my location for the past 7 years.

"Everyone knows however overmuch I emotion Chelsea, and the nine volition ever clasp a peculiar spot successful my heart."

Blues manager Emma Hayes paid tribute saying: "Beth has fixed tremendous work to the club. She leaves a victor and a Chelsea legend."

England, who won 9 large trophies astatine her clip astatine Chelsea, was besides named Chelsea Women's Player of the Year, Barclays FA Women's Super League Player of the Season and PFA Players' Player of the Year successful the 2019-20 season.

"She has contributed to each of our occurrence implicit the past 7 years. We privation her the precise champion for the adjacent signifier of her career," Hayes added.

The guardant has scored a full of 55 goals successful 115 Women's Super League (WSL) appearances and volition present deterioration the fig 19 garment astatine Spurs.

England, volition beryllium hoping to cement her spot successful Sarina Wiegman's 2023 World Cup squad aboriginal this year, aft scoring six goals successful the qualifiers.

Spurs are eighth successful the WSL and England added: "The nine has got a batch of ambitions and I'm hoping that I tin adhd to that and hopefully get the nine wherever it wants to be.

"It's decidedly going to beryllium a challenge, antithetic for maine going from bluish to achromatic aft evidently spending truthful agelong astatine Chelsea.

"But I'm excited for it and it's thing that I'm going to relish, a situation that I'll clasp with unfastened arms."

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