Charlton Athletic have signed full-back Ashleigh Neville from Leicester City on a two-year deal.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old has made over 100 appearances in the Women’s Super League and brings a wealth of experience to newly-promoted Charlton.<\/p>\n
Neville also reunites with manager Karen Hills, who she spent three years working with at Tottenham as they earned promotion to the top-flight.<\/p>\n
“It’s an exciting journey for myself and the club so I’m really happy to be here,” said Neville.<\/p>\n
“I know what Karen’s about and she knows what I bring. I’m really looking forward to working with her again.<\/p>\n
“I’m hoping I can bring experience from the WSL and to bring things on and off the pitch with the way I play.”<\/p>\n
Full-back Neville joined Leicester on a one-and-a-half-year deal in January but the Foxes were relegated following defeat by Charlton in a play-off in May.<\/p>\n
It is believed there was no release clause in her contract relating to relegation and a mutual termination was not agreed so a fee was likely paid by Charlton. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Leicester have signed Republic of Ireland internationals Jessie Stapleton and Jessica Ziu for undisclosed fees from West Ham.<\/p>\n
It is believed versatile defender Stapleton, 21, has joined on a three-year deal while midfielder Ziu, 24, has signed a two-year contract.<\/p>\n
Stapleton, who can also play in midfield, struggled to break into West Ham’s team, instead enjoying loan spells at Reading, Sunderland and Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n
“I’m happy it’s over the line and I’m excited to get going. This is a club with a lot of ambition,” said Stapleton. <\/p>\n
“The club can help me grow as a player and I feel I can help the club get back to where it belongs.”<\/p>\n
Ziu spent four years at West Ham and made 23 appearances, as well as spending six months on loan at Bristol City for the first half of last season.<\/p>\n
“The plan and structure the club has in place is really exciting. I can’t wait to get the jersey on and play in front of all the fans at King Power Stadium,” said Ziu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charlton Athletic have signed full-back Ashleigh Neville from Leicester City on a two-year deal. The 33-year-old has made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-831722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831722","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=831722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}