Earps wrote that she hoped to finish her career at Manchester United. She joined the club from Wolfsburg in 2019, before leaving on a free transfer in 2024.
It seems her issues with the Red Devils leadership stems from their failure to invest properly in the women’s side. After Euro 2022, the club promised to relocate the women’s side to their Carrington base, alongside the men’s squad. However, Earps and her colleagues were only moved into their new women’s and academy building on the campus in the summer of 2023. She said the unfulfilled commitment made the players feel like the announcement had been little more than a “publicity exercise.”
After the 2023 World Cup, in which Earps won the Golden Glove award and England lost in the final, Arsenal reportedly made a bid of £100,000 for her services. United turned down the offer without contacting her. She described the situation as “dizzying”.
Despite receiving an initial contract extension in 2023, the club did not pick up talks with Earps until the end of the 2023/2024 season. Despite tabling a significant offer, she said United were no closer to their goal of winning the Champions League, while the club had also failed to tell her the women would be required to move out of their base to accommodate the men’s side during renovations at Carrington. She would eventually sign a two-year deal with Les Parisiens.
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