Manchester United are set to lose their star goalkeeper Mary Earps who is reportedly on the verge of joining Paris Saint-Germain in France.
Earps was crowned the best goalkeeper in the women’s game at the start of the year and has been linked with a move out of United for the past few months.
United turned down a world-record bid for their goalkeeper from Arsenal last summer but are now set to lose her for nothing.
According to latest report from Le Parisien, Earps is now on the brink of leaving United to sign for PSG on a free transfer.
Mary Earps reacts during the Barclays Women’s Super League match between Manchester United and Chelsea FC at Old Trafford.(Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)
Despite United’s eagerness to tie her down to another deal, the report suggests Earps’ move to the French capital could be announced before the end of the week.
Earps joined United in 2019, helping the club win the Women’s FA Cup last season after beating Tottenham 4-0 in the final.
However, the future of United’s women’s team has come under scrutiny following comments from their new minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
The women’s transfer window opened this Monday but in an interview with Bloomberg, Ratcliffe suggested immediate focus will be solely on the men’s team.
Asked what they are doing with the women’s team, Ratcliffe replied: ‘Well they’ve just won the FA Cup.’
He continued: ‘We haven’t gone into that level of detail with the women’s football team yet.
‘We’ve been pretty much focused on how do we resolve the first-team issues, in that environment, and that’s been pretty full time for the first six months.’
