{"id":459689,"date":"2026-05-25T21:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/459689\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:31:17","slug":"khadija-shaw-confirms-new-manchester-city-contract-in-shock-announcement-at-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/459689\/","title":{"rendered":"Khadija Shaw confirms new Manchester City contract in shock announcement at parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Khadija Shaw has committed her future to Manchester City by signing a new four-year contract with the Women\u2019s Super League champions.<\/p>\n<p>The WSL Golden Boot winner\u2019s contract was due to expire this summer and it was expected she could leave the club with Chelsea making a contract offer worth at least \u00a31million per year for the 29-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>But during the club\u2019s joint parade with the men\u2019s team on Monday in Manchester, it was confirmed the Jamaica forward, who scored 21 WSL goals this season, would be staying.<\/p>\n<p>It all seemed to happen in slow motion during the celebrations. Shaw\u2019s future was mentioned, there was some confusion, an awkward glance or two and then the confirmation from Shaw herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still here, I\u2019m still hungry and there\u2019s no place I\u2019d rather be,\u201d she told the crowd<\/p>\n<p>There were huge cheers in the arena, which was packed and full of emotion and energy.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WSL Golden Boot winner Khadija \u2018Bunny\u2019 Shaw has signed a new four-year contract at Manchester City \ud83d\udea8\u270d\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kn57wRXjYF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Kn57wRXjYF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/2058983532731466016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of the new deal, Shaw said: \u201cI\u2019m so happy to be at this incredible Club for another four years. I\u2019ve always said that Manchester City feels like home \u2013 I\u2019ve developed so much as a player and grown so much as a person during my first five years here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always said that Manchester City feels like home \u2013 I\u2019ve developed so much as a player and grown so much as a person during my first five years here. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelping the girls win the WSL title is one of the proudest moments of my career, and I\u2019m so excited to see what we can do next season and beyond \u2013 although there\u2019s one more huge game to come against Brighton! <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the City fans \u2013 thank you for always supporting us all. I\u2019m so happy to be on this memorable journey with you all and can\u2019t wait to see what we can achieve in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What. A. Moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/daHgFqyYQT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/daHgFqyYQT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester City Women (@ManCityWomen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCityWomen\/status\/2058985041586217173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Director of football Therese Sjogran said: \u201cIt\u2019s a huge statement from City that we\u2019ve secured the services of one of the best centre-forwards in the world, but also from Bunny that she believes we\u2019re the best place for her to succeed. I\u2019d like to thank her for that continued faith in what we\u2019re hoping to achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More to come\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Man City want a dynasty \u2026 keeping Bunny is integral to success\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Analysis from Megan Feringa <\/p>\n<p>Fair plays are in order for Therese Sjogran and Charlotte O\u2019Neill. For months having to bat back accusations from all side of incompetence to pull off a signing that is no doubt one of the most pivotal in the upcoming transfer window, only to eventually cave to the reality that Shaw is the best and there\u2019s no use denying it.<\/p>\n<p>Where to begin? City want to be a dynasty. They said as much. Best way to do that? Retain the world\u2019s best striker, the one who is now a three-time Golden Boot winner and your go-to record breaker for all things goal scoring. Best thing to avoid? Letting her go to the very club you\u2019ve just dethroned. That has taken time, reflection, some caving. O\u2019Neill and Sjogran kept to themselves, seemingly unencumbered by the heat and noise but even the most unflappable flap eventually. And why not flap for this? The best striker in the game, a WSL goal haul of 21 this season, more than 100 for the club she is desperate to continue calling home.<\/p>\n<p>For City on the pitch, keeping Bunny is integral to success. She has become the total striker she has always promised to become. But arguably off the pitch this is even bigger: City are the club to be at. The best striker in the world just said as much. And they are willing to match what it means to keep her. And for that, City might just be capable of building a dynasty.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Khadija Shaw has committed her future to Manchester City by signing a new four-year contract with the Women\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,214202,105,46593],"class_list":["post-459689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-manchester-city-wfc","tag-sports","tag-womens-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}