Filed underneath: Shoring up the backline Chelsea Ladies proceed to make (good and fast) strikes within the switch market, and solely a few days after signing France worldwide defender Ève Périsset, the Blues add another defender in Canada international Kadeisha Buchanan to the combo.
Like Périsset, our No.26 additionally has a wealth of expertise in France.
The 26-year-old had been a part of Olympique Lyonnais since January 2017, lifting 5 league trophies and three nationwide cups ever since.
Most significantly, Buchanan gained 5 Ladies’s Champions League titles whereas with Lyon together with this yr’s version, the place her former aspect beat our nemesis Barcelona 3-1 within the last.
Chelsea FC Ladies are delighted to announce the signing of Canadian defender @keishaballa on a three-year deal! ✍️ Welcome to the crew, Kadeisha!
The three-time Canada Soccer Participant of the Yr can also be well-experienced on the worldwide stage.
The centre-back earned her first cap whereas nonetheless taking part in in highschool at age 17, and has since accrued 116 caps, 4 objectives and final yr’s Summer season Olympic title with the Canadian nationwide crew.
As a confirmed winner at membership and worldwide ranges, Buchanan brings to London not simply expertise and high quality of play but additionally the ambition to take Chelsea to the subsequent degree. “I'm coming to Chelsea with the identical ambition I at all times had - win trophies and turn out to be one of the best on the earth.
The membership has all the pieces to ensure that us to compete in each competitors and it’s time to convey a Champions League trophy to London. “I’m hoping to convey my expertise to the crew and proceed on the profitable pathway that the membership has been on for the previous seasons.
I can’t wait to affix my new team-mates and the teaching employees on this journey.” -Kadeisha Buchanan; Supply: Chelsea FC As for supervisor Emma Hayes, she believes Buchanan is a ‘serial winner’ and ‘world-class participant’ who will match proper into our squad. “Kadeisha is a serial winner on the prime of her recreation and I've little doubt we're signing a world-class participant who has confirmed herself on the world stage. “She goes to convey a high quality to our group and along with her good character and character, we expect she can be actually favored inside the dressing room.
We look ahead to welcoming Kadeisha this summer season.” -Emma Hayes; Supply: Chelsea FC Welcome, Kadeisha!