After signing a piece of the World Cup and proclaiming herself world champion, Laia Codina continues to live a dream summer with her signing for Arsenal. The London club is one of the most powerful at international level (semi-finalist in the last Champions League and runner-up in England) and relies on Campllong’s central team to further improve its defence. At 23 years old, he needed to play, and at Barça, with the Mapi León-Irene Paredes pairing very well established, this was impossible, so, as had been speculated for weeks, this Tuesday the agreement was finalized for his passing.
???? A World Cup winner has arrived…
Welcome to north London, @laiacodina5 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/m548Vh75IG
— Arsenal Women (@ArsenalWFC) August 29, 2023
Codina will wear number 27 on his back and has already made statements as a new ‘Gunner’ footballer: “I’m very excited and I really want to start with the team. I knew the history of this club, so when I heard that there was interest from Arsenal I didn’t think twice about it. This season we want to compete in all four competitions (League, Cup, League Cup and European Cup) and here I hope to create good memories for our fans “.
Formed in the lower categories of Barça, Campllong’s team has won three Leagues, two Champions Leagues, two Spanish Super Cups and two Copa de la Reina in his time as a Blaugrana player, who started the 19/20 season as a debutant and in which he lived a parenthesis on loan to Milan at 21/22. So it’s no surprise that her new coach, Jonas Eidevall, is celebrating the arrival of a “world-class defender who combines great technical ability and physical presence”. The coach believes that “he will quickly adapt to our style”, also a proposal for a creative game like what he has learned since childhood, both in Barcelona and in Cassà.
The girl who “wanted to play with boys to improve” and is now world champion
2023-08-29 15:20:47
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