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Manchester Metropolis Girls have made their fourth signing of the summer time as Scottish goalkeeper Eartha Cumings joins the Blues. The 26-year-old shot stopper signed a 3 12 months contract with Andrée Jeglertz’s facet and takes the number one shirt for subsequent season and can compete with Ayaka Yamashita and Khiara Keating for a beginning place between the sticks.
Cumings has gained a wide range of expertise, each within the WSL and overseas throughout her profession, having spent two seasons in Sweden with FC Rosengård, with whom she gained the Damallsvenskan title in 2024. Her earlier expertise in England got here with Charlton Athletic, the place she made 42 appearances within the Championship, earlier than becoming a member of Liverpool in 2023.
Throughout her time in Sweden, Cumings performed in each match for Rosengard, conceding simply 9 targets and preserving a formidable 18 clear sheets.
Talking after signing her contract, Cumings expressed her delight at returning to the WSL with Metropolis. “I believe it’s an thrilling staff and it’s all the time good to return near house. There are quite a lot of younger gamers, but additionally a little bit of a mixture and clearly, Metropolis has actually excessive ambitions and aspirations, so it’s an thrilling time to be part of this staff.
“From the skin, it seems like a very nice goalkeeper union and prefer it seems like they’ve nice enjoyable. So, I’m wanting ahead to being a part of it.”
Metropolis have had some difficulties within the goalkeeping areas, significantly final season once they shipped 44 targets in all competitions. Japanese worldwide Yamashita began the season between the sticks till harm noticed her changed by Keating. While the younger keeper made a sequence of wonderful saves in varied matches, she was once more liable to errors that price the Blues factors and that facet her her sport nonetheless wants work earlier than she is going to turn out to be an everyday starter.
With Cumings, Metropolis have an skilled keeper who can’t solely problem and push for a spot in teh beginning line up, however assist to nurture younger keepers like Keating and 19-year-old Eve Annets.
