Even if Barcelona dispute that they’ve paid a world-record fee for Keira Walsh, the England playmaker undeniably now has the profile she deserves.
Here’s What’s So Good About the Barca new girl…
Who’s this then?
Keira Fae Walsh is a 25-year-old 5’6” creative midfielder from Rochdale. She played for Manchester City for eight years and has just signed for Barcelona for a world record fee of £400,000. She is currently the most expensive female footballer walking this earth.
It all started for her playing for Blackburn Rovers youth teams from the age of 12 to 17, winning the Blackburn Rovers Girls’ Centre of Excellence Overall Achievement Trophy and the Blackburn Rovers Girls’ Centre of Excellence International Recognition Award both in 2010 and was the runner-up in the Youth Cup.
A sporty kid, she was ranked number one in Greater Manchester in under-13 badminton but football was her priority and aged 17 she signed for Manchester City. A lifelong City fan, along with the rest of her family, she was to play for them for eight seasons from 2014, winning one Super League, three FA Cups and four League Cups, playing in 211 games and scoring nine times.
In 2017 she earned her first England cap and now, following the 10-0 win over Luxembourg has 50 to her name, along with the SheBelieves and Arnold Clark cups and of course this summer’s Euros winners medal.
She has become an indispensable part of the England team and, like others, credits Sarina Wiegman for giving her the confidence to play her own game and express herself. After coming in for criticism during the 2019 World Cup where England got to the semi-final only to be beaten by the USA by the odd goal, she sought help from a sports psychologist. Indeed, the whole team needed building back up following the departure of Silly Billy Philly to Inter Miami. Safe to say that has happened under Wiegman and then some. They have yet to lose a game and qualified for the World Cup next summer in Australia and New Zealand with an amazing record of played 10; won 10; 80 for; zero against.
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Why the love?
When it comes to playing for England, she is in a team of big personalities, many of whom are more famous, or at least recognisably familiar than Keira. But not for no reason did she win Player of the Match (what’s wrong with Woman of the Match, if we’re keeping Man of the Match?) in their win over Germany in the Euro…
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