Former Celtic fans’ preferred Shen Mengyu has actually signed up with London City Lionesses on a three-year offer.

WSL Full-Time were notified of the news by means of a main club news release from The Pride this afternoon.

Shen signs up with London City Lionesses after leaving previous club Celtic upon the expiration of her agreement previously this summer season. The 22-year-old ended up being the very first woman Chinese gamer to play in Scotland when she signed for The Hoops in summer season 2021. She went on to make 83 looks for Celtic in all competitors in which she scored 27 objectives. She was a title winner with the Glasgow giants in 2021/2022 while she likewise won 2 Scottish Gas Women’s Scottish Cups in her time north of the border.

On the global phase, Shen belongs to the Chinese nationwide group. She has actually made 12 looks for her nation to date in which she has actually scored 2 objectives.

After signing up with London City Lionesses, Shen stated “I can feel everybody’s aspiration – all of us have a clear objective, which is to win promo to the Women’s Super League.

“I’m extremely happy to bet a group with this sort of aspiration and think that we will shock everybody, with the assistance of Michele [Kang] and Jocelyn [Prêcheur].

“As a midfielder, I like to control the game and create chances by controlling the tempo and passing the ball. I don’t want to define what kind of player I am – because I will work hard in every role I’m asked to play. I just want to win.”

Shen ends up being London City Lionesses’ seventh finalizing of the summer season transfer window.

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Daniel Pentland

I am the editor and owner of the WSL Full-Time brand name which I introduced in 2018.

I am a certified reporter with the FWA, SJA and AIPS. I have actually reported from numerous levels of guys’s and females’s elite football considering that 2016.