Gemma Bonner: Liverpool re-sign WSL-winning captain

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Gemma BonnerGemma Bonner captained Liverpool to WSL titles successful 2013 and 2014

Liverpool person re-signed defender Gemma Bonner, who captained the broadside to 2 Women's Super League titles successful her archetypal spell astatine the club.

The 31-year-old, capped 11 times by England, volition articulation the Reds from US broadside Racing Louisville, taxable to planetary clearance and approvals.

Bonner spent six years astatine Liverpool earlier joining Manchester City successful 2018.

"It's a beauteous peculiar infinitesimal for me. I inactive pinch myself erstwhile I'm coming into Anfield," said Bonner.

"I was present for rather a portion before. It was a hard determination to permission but I deliberation I ever knew wrong myself that 1 time I would emotion to travel backmost to Liverpool. Now the clip feels right.

"The squad person started the play truly well, evidently had a palmy play past twelvemonth getting backmost into the apical league. They've got bully foundations and are decidedly building.

"Hopefully I tin travel successful and lend to the continued progression."

Bonner won back-to-back WSL titles with Liverpool, past LFC Ladies, successful 2013 and 2014. She is besides the club's second-highest quality shaper successful the nonrecreational era, having played 115 times.

"It was excessively bully an accidental to walk up to bring Gemma backmost to the shot club," said manager Matt Beard.

"We had a large moving narration earlier and she volition bring enactment and acquisition to the team.

"She's won everything successful England with Liverpool and Manchester City and has present experienced America to broaden her horizons and unfastened her eyes to antithetic shot cultures.

"It conscionable feels similar she's coming home."

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