Leicester have signed experienced Tottenham defender Ashleigh Neville on a one-and-a-half-year deal.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old has been with Tottenham for almost a decade and has played a key role in their development as a Women’s Super League side. <\/p>\n
She was part of the squad when they first joined WSL 2 in 2017-18 and helped them gain promotion to the top tier in 2019.<\/p>\n
The wing-back also started Tottenham’s first women’s major final when they were runners-up to Manchester United in the 2024 FA Cup.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Foxes Hub, Neville said: “This is a new challenge and I want to help the team put as many points on the board as possible.<\/p>\n
“I’m hoping that the experience I have both on and off the pitch can help.<\/p>\n
“Now is the right time for a new challenge and I’m looking forward to seeing what this new chapter will bring.”<\/p>\n
In total, Neville appeared 191 times for Tottenham and built up vast experience in the WSL, which was an attraction for Leicester manager Rick Passmoor.<\/p>\n
She joins Leicester following the arrivals of Sweden midfielder Emma Jansson from FC Rosengard and Aston Villa full-back Sarah Mayling on loan.<\/p>\n
Former England striker Ellen White told BBC’s Women’s Football Weekly podcast: “She’s gone from amateur football through to the professional era and seen the growth of the game, and of Tottenham. She’s been a part of it. <\/p>\n
“She probably wants more game time and Passmoor is looking for more experience to help. Leicester have a young team at the moment. <\/p>\n
“It will probably be a sad and emotional time for her to leave a club she has grown with. I’m sure the fans and her team-mates really appreciate what she’s done.”<\/p>\n
Passmoor’s side are ninth in the WSL table with two wins and three draws from their opening 11 matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leicester have signed experienced Tottenham defender Ashleigh Neville on a one-and-a-half-year deal. The 32-year-old has been with Tottenham…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-400138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}