{"id":577619,"date":"2026-05-11T06:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/577619\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T06:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:55:11","slug":"why-manchester-city-would-be-foolish-to-let-khadija-shaw-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/577619\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Manchester City would be foolish to let Khadija Shaw leave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hours after City were crowned WSL champions, ending a six-year dominance by Chelsea, news broke of Shaw’s imminent exit<\/a> and a breakdown in negotiations.<\/p>\n

All eyes were on her as she ran out at Stamford Bridge to warm up next to City’s supporters and she applauded them enthusiastically. <\/p>\n

It did not go to plan initially on the pitch as Chelsea’s dominant start gave them a deserved lead and chances came Shaw’s way, which she squandered.<\/p>\n

Just before half-time, fear struck over a potential injury as she received treatment for several minutes after a heavy knock. <\/p>\n

As she trudged over to the touchline, Chelsea supporters chanted: “Bunny Shaw, we’ll see you next season.” <\/p>\n

But those same supporters were silenced when Shaw’s strike flew past goalkeeper Hannah Hampton in the 92nd minute, moments after team-mate Mary Fowler had made it 2-1, and she ran to the corner, knee-sliding and roaring in celebration.<\/p>\n

City fans showed their adoration in abundance and Shaw’s team-mates urged her to lap up the attention at the end of extra time after her header ensured a 3-2 victory.<\/p>\n

It was the perfect snapshot of what Shaw is capable of – even when not at her best, she still scored twice and stepped up in the biggest moments.<\/p>\n

“That is what we need a forward to do, to create chances, maybe miss one but move on and continue,” said manager Andree Jeglertz. <\/p>\n

“Bunny has scored so many goals for this club in so many years and this season also. She has shown she is a great player but also a great team-mate.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hours after City were crowned WSL champions, ending a six-year dominance by Chelsea, news broke of Shaw’s imminent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-577619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}