London City Lionesses midfielder Shen Mengyu states that it is her dream to play in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

The 23-year-old Chinese worldwide is among a handful of prominent finalizings made by London City Lionesses over the summertime. She might make her competitive launching for the club in their season opener versus Newcastle United at Hayes Lane on Sunday afternoon.

With the strong support of owner Michele Kang, London City Lionesses will be wishing to acheive promo to the Barclays Women’s Super League this season and summertime finalizing Shen states that it’s her dream to play in the English leading flight.

“Coming to England is really good for me because my dream is to play in the WSL, that’s why I joined this club,” Shen stated when speaking with WSL Full-Time.

“We are working really hard here, we all have the same goal and that’s to get to the WSL. I hope that we can make it this season.”

As lots of as 11 gamers might make their London City Lionesses debuts versus Newcastle United this weekend. While it has actually been a summer season of modification for The Pride, Shen thinks that the group have actually gelled together well in pre-season.

She stated “I believe it’s great having great deals of brand-new gamers entering into the club [at the same time]. Pre-season is very important and we’ve learnt more about each other effectively throughout that time. It’s been respectable.

“Everyone is now so excited for Sunday’s game, we can’t wait. We know it’s a big game because it’s the first game of the season. I think everyone is ready.”

London City Lionesses will play a home component at Hayes Lane for the really very first time this weekend. Shen is delighted to play in-front of the fans and thinks that they will be highly-entertained this season.

She stated “I can’t wait to play in-front of the fans. It’s the very first video game at Hayes Lane, so it’s actually amazing for us however likewise for the fans. I can’t await the video game.

“I would say to the fans to come and support us because we are going to bring a lot of entertainment. I think our games will be really enjoyable to watch.”

London City Lionesses’ Barclays Women’s Championship component versus Newcastle United kicks-off at 2pm on Sunday afternoon. Tickets are on-sale now and can be bought by click on this link.

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Daniel Pentland

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

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