Bristol City Pull Off Major Coup As Wales Midfielder Sophie Ingle Returns

Bristol City person signed nan Wales midfielder Sophie Ingle connected a free transportation successful a move that takes her backmost to nan nine she first joined 11 years ago.

Ingle near nan WSL champions Chelsea erstwhile her statement ended past play aft a trophy-laden, seven-year spell successful which she won 5 WSL titles, 3 Women’s FA Cups and 2 League Cups, and her move to nan second-tier will beryllium 1 of nan highest-profile WSL 2 signings of nan summertime transportation window.

She had been an integral portion of nan Chelsea broadside that has dominated nan WSL era, anterior to suffering an anterior cruciate ligament wounded past September. She returned to nan transportation successful clip to spell to Euro 2025 arsenic portion of Wales’ squad and played successful their group-stage fixture against France successful Switzerland, capping a hard-fought travel backmost to nan transportation aft 281 days connected nan sidelines.

A erstwhile Wales captain, she has 142 elder world caps for Wales and besides played for Team GB astatine nan Olympics successful Japan successful 2021. She was besides awarded an OBE successful 2023 for services to football.

The 33-year-old will return to play for nan nine she represented successful nan 2014/15 run – erstwhile nan women’s leagues utilized a summertime almanac and nan nine was known arsenic Bristol Academy – earlier joining Liverpool, wherever she was doubly named players’ subordinate of nan year.

Bristol City are understood to not person been nan only nine that attempted to motion Ingle this summer, but she was yet attracted to nan club’s ambition arsenic they activity to equine a promotion push.

Her presence will adhd to a engaged summertime astatine Bristol City, who appointed Charlotte Healy arsenic their caput coach successful June.

Healy moved to Ashton Gate aft six years moving astatine Manchester United, wherever she yet became nan adjunct coach to nan head Marc Skinner. She has besides antecedently coached astatine Liverpool and Manchester City. She replaced Steve Kirby, who near Bristol City successful May aft nan squad vanished 2nd successful nan Championship, which has since been renamed arsenic WSL 2.