Parris To London: England Forward To Join City Lionesses After Promotion

Nikita Parris is poised to subordinate London City Lionesses successful their first play successful nan WSL pursuing nan expiration of her Brighton contract.

The Guardian understands nan 31-year-old guardant will person a aesculapian pinch nan Michelle Kang-owned broadside connected Tuesday. Parris joined Brighton from Manchester United connected deadline time past summer, and has scored 7 goals successful 22 games for nan side.

She will subordinate six caller recruits already announced by London City: Danielle van de Donk from Lyon, Sanni Franssi and Elene Lete from Real Sociedad, Isa Kardinaal from Ajax, Teyah Goldie from Arsenal (who spent past play connected indebtedness pinch London City) and Poppy Pattinson besides from Brighton.

The 2022 European champion was omitted from Sarina Wiegman’s Euro 2025 squad, which she told Sky Sports was “very disappointing” to statesman with.

“It’s ever difficult to get that benignant of news,” she said. “The biggest point for maine is that I gave it everything. The 1 point group will inquire is whether you person immoderate regrets aliases thing you wish you would person done, and I don’t. Because of that, successful my mind I’m like: you gave it your all. There’s thing I tin beryllium present and opportunity I should person done aliases could person done.”

Parris, who has scored 17 goals successful 74 games for England, spent 2 seasons astatine Manchester United anterior to joining Brighton and has had spells astatine Arsenal, Lyon, Manchester City and Everton. She has won nan convention successful some France and England, arsenic good arsenic 3 FA Cups a Coupe de France and a Champions League, won pinch Lyon.