London Metropolis Lionesses have confirmed the signing of Danielle van de Donk from Lyon.
The newly promoted Girls’s Tremendous League group agreed a two-year cope with the Dutch midfielder.
The 33-year-old has gained 4 consecutive league titles with Lyon since becoming a member of in 2021, additionally profitable the Champions League in 2022, however her contract ran out on the finish of the 2024-25 season.
Van de Donk has earlier expertise within the WSL after spending six years with Arsenal between 2015 and 2021. She gained the WSL title, FA Cup and Girls’s League Cup with the Gunners, scoring 27 objectives and registering 18 assists in 96 WSL matches.
The midfielder additionally gained the 2017 Euros with the Netherlands, for whom she has made 167 appearances, on dwelling soil and likewise reached the World Cup last in 2019.
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London Metropolis are the primary unbiased ladies’s membership, not related to any males’s group, to play within the WSL.
Van de Donk is trying ahead to collaborating in a brand new undertaking with the membership.
“It’s simply such a pleasant atmosphere to be in, the membership actually appeals to me, it jogs my memory of somewhat household, and I need to be part of it,” Van de Donk stated.
“The undertaking that London Metropolis has. It’s totally different however in a great way. London Metropolis need to battle for every part, and that’s my model.”
