{"id":731975,"date":"2026-06-12T12:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/731975\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:54:11","slug":"beth-mead-man-city-sign-england-international-on-free-transfer-from-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/731975\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth Mead: Man City sign England international on free transfer from Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester City have confirmed the signing of England forward Beth Mead on a free transfer from Arsenal.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old has agreed a three-year deal with the new Women’s Super League champions after leaving the Gunners when her contract expired in May.<\/p>\n

She has 81 caps for her country, was part of the Lionesses side that won back-to-back European Championships in 2022 and 2025, and also scored for England against Ukraine on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“It was a no-brainer for me,” said Mead. “I think the way City play suits me really well and can get something extra out of my game.”<\/p>\n

She is set to be joined in Manchester by England team-mate Niamh Charles after City agreed a fee with Chelsea on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Mead spent nine years at Arsenal, winning the WSL, the Champions League and three League Cups during her time in north London.<\/p>\n

She was given an emotional send-off<\/a> during the Gunners’ final home game of the season against Everton in May, but told club media she is ready for a “new chapter” at Manchester City.<\/p>\n

“I’m very proud to be here,” she said. “I think this is a place where I can really fit in and help bring a different dynamic to the team.”<\/p>\n

City’s director of women’s football Therese Sjogran added: “Beth’s achievements in the game speak for themselves. Winning the Double last season was a special chapter in our history, but it’s one we want to build on in the coming seasons. <\/p>\n

“Signing a player of Beth’s quality and calibre can only help that happen.<\/p>\n

Mead will bolster a star-studded City frontline that includes fellow England winger Lauren Hemp, Brazil forward Kerolin and WSL player of the season Khadija Shaw, who committed her future<\/a> to Andree Jeglertz’s side at the end of the campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City have confirmed the signing of England forward Beth Mead on a free transfer from Arsenal. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-731975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}