CHLOE KELLY SAYS she believes her future does not lie at Manchester City as she is no longer “prepared to tolerate negative behaviour towards her”.
The 27-year-old forward has barely played for City this season, featuring in only six Women’s Super League matches for the club and has starting one of those games this season.
It is understood City are open to letting Kelly play elsewhere and she has an offer to consider. The women’s transfer window is set to close on Thursday.
In a statement posted on social media on Wednesday night, Kelly highlighted that her contract is due to expire at the end of the season and said she has “accepted my future is not at this club”.
She said: “A message from me. For a long time I’ve tried to work through professional challenges privately, not commenting publicly, but with my situation increasingly being debated in the public domain I feel it’s time to be open and transparent and you heard it from my perspective.
“A key lesson I have learned in my life is that while I can’t control someone’s negative behaviour towards me, I can control how long I am prepared to tolerate it.
“From day one I’ve felt so much love from my team-mates and the fans. With my contract expiring in June I’ve accepted my future is not at this club beyond then.”
Kelly joined City from Everton in 2020 and lifted the FA Cup with the club in the delayed 2019-20 season.
The England winger scored the match-winning goal in the Euro 2022 final against Germany and cited this summer’s European Championship in Switzerland as a motivation as she aims to “be happy again”.
Kelly added: “With the Euros fast approaching, this summer is a huge one and I want to be in a position to give it my best shot to represent my country. Something which has always filled me with such pride and it is a true honour to do so.
Even when on the bench he didn’t get game time. The coach doesn’t like or trust him. Saturday once again showed just how wrong O’connor has been all season
O’Connor is just all wrong for Leinster.
He has a very big chance next season with Leinster during the World Cup, midfield won’t be as competitive so he should get a good run of matches.
Mark if Darcy doesn’t make the World Cup squad, he’ll play 12 with t’eo at 13. Then Madigan and sexton will be back so the midfield won’t be as easy to get into as you may think
That pop pass from O’Brien
Battle between him and Madigan for the 12 jersey next season.
It’s always to easy to see who coaches ‘just like/don’t like’. When Gopperth played badly it was ignored whereas when Madigan played mediocre or even if Reid played well decisions went against them.
It creates such a poisonous culture as some players start to feel entitled to spots and others feel it doesn’t matter how well they play they won’t get picked. Cody and Fergusson were masters at disregarding players identities and judging on match performance alone. MOC is such a stink manager.