{"id":477356,"date":"2026-06-01T11:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/477356\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:26:15","slug":"ireland-captain-mccabe-linked-with-chelsea-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/477356\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Captain McCabe Linked With Chelsea Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Monday, 1 June 2026 11:33\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__author\">\n                        By Mark Hanbidge\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/64c0c79bad620.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Photo: @FIFAWWC\/Twitter<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            The Dublin native is set to leave the Gunners after more than a decade at the club, where she made over 300 appearances.\n        <\/p>\n<p>Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe is reportedly close to joining Chelsea following the expiry of her contract with Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The Dublin native is set to leave the Gunners after more than a decade at the club, where she made over 300 appearances and helped Arsenal win both domestic and European honours.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest Chelsea are now poised to secure the versatile defender on a free transfer, having previously shown interest in signing her in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>If the move is completed, McCabe would join a Chelsea side that has been one of the dominant forces in the Women&#8217;s Super League in recent seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old remains a key figure for Ireland and would bring a wealth of experience and leadership to her new club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, 1 June 2026 11:33 By Mark Hanbidge Photo: @FIFAWWC\/Twitter The Dublin native is set to leave the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,28328,3770,43],"class_list":["post-477356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kfm","tag-kildare","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}