‘The perfect club to join’: Lea Schüller completes Manchester United move from Bayern Munich | Manchester United Women

Lea Schüller says it was Manchester United’s ambition that attracted her to the membership, after signing for the Ladies’s Tremendous League aspect on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

The prolific Germany striker, who had six months left on her contract with Bayern Munich, will transfer to the English membership on 1 January for an undisclosed charge, as reported by the Guardian on Sunday, after efficiently finishing a medical earlier in December.

Schüller, who has discovered the web 54 occasions in 82 video games for her nation, instructed Manchester United’s membership media channels: “From the primary conversations that I had with Marc [Skinner, head coach] and the membership, the ambitions of everybody right here have been very clear. I nonetheless have a lot that I need to obtain in my profession, and I do know that Manchester United is the right membership to affix.

“I really feel that the workforce’s type of soccer will actually swimsuit my sport, I hope my qualities and expertise may also help us to realize our goals each in England and within the Champions League.”

The 28-year-old from a city close to the Dutch border scored greater than 100 objectives for Bayern throughout a five-and-a-half-year spell and issued a passionate assertion of gratitude on their web site, saying: “Munich has actually change into my house. The workforce and the membership have at all times been like a second household to me. I’ve developed such shut friendships right here that can final endlessly. That’s why it’s significantly troublesome to take this step and go away my house, my pals and my household.

“My years at Bayern have had a big impact on me and can at all times stay very particular to me. I’m going to overlook you all a lot and can cherish the reminiscences – and that can by no means change.”

These sentiments have been echoed within the German’s membership’s assertion via their director of girls’s soccer, Bianca Rech, who mentioned: “We thank her from the underside of our hearts for the whole lot she has achieved for FC Bayern and want her all the very best for the longer term.”

Securing Schüller’s signature comes at a time when United look like gathering momentum, after qualifying for the Champions League knockout part playoffs in a seeded place, reaching January’s League Cup semi-finals, signing the Sweden right-back Hanna Lundkvist on a three-and-a-half-year deal on Saturday and on Sunday confirming that the Japan midfielder Hinata Miyazawa has signed a brand new contract.

Matt Johnson, United’s director of girls’s soccer, described Schüller’s goalscoring report as “phenomenal”, including: “Her type of play will give our assault an thrilling new dimension. We’re delighted so as to add a participant of her pedigree to the group.”