England worldwide Alex Greenwood has showered reward on her Manchester Metropolis teammate, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, highlighting Shaw’s distinctive abilities and suggesting that the Jamaican star may ascend to change into the world’s finest participant.
Shaw, at 26 years outdated, has change into a pivotal determine within the Manchester Metropolis Girls’s squad since becoming a member of the membership two years in the past. Within the earlier season, she made an indelible mark by scoring a powerful 31 objectives in all competitions, making her the membership’s prime scorer.
In her most up-to-date efficiency, Shaw netted a brace in opposition to Bristol Metropolis, marking her first objectives of the brand new Girls’s Tremendous League season. This added to her objective in opposition to Everton earlier within the week within the FA Girls’s League Cup.
Greenwood, a 30-year-old center-back for Manchester Metropolis, emphasised that Shaw’s worth extends past her goal-scoring prowess, stating, “Her objective document speaks for itself, however Bunny is a lot greater than objectives. What she brings to the group when it comes to play, her work off the ball, and off the pitch – she is a prime particular person.”
‘Shaw has been actually sturdy for us’
Greenwood went on to precise her perception in Shaw’s potential, saying, “I feel she will be the perfect on the planet if she needs to be. She has all of the attributes to be the perfect on the planet. I understand how exhausting she works in coaching.”
Praising Shaw’s dedication and efficiency, Greenwood added, “It’s the rationale she’s flourishing proper now. She has been actually sturdy for us, so we simply must hold feeding her, hold giving her the ball, and the remainder she’ll maintain. She’s an awesome particular person to be round and a extremely good pal of mine as properly. She is somebody I can demand actually excessive requirements of, and likewise, she will of me and everybody else.”
Shaw started her skilled profession with Bordeaux in 2019, the place she scored a powerful 34 objectives in a two-year spell, incomes her the Golden Boot and serving to the French membership qualify for the Champions League.
In the summertime of 2021, Shaw made her transfer to Manchester Metropolis, the place she made a right away influence by scoring 16 objectives in her debut season, making her the membership’s second-highest goal-scorer as they secured the FA Girls’s League Cup.
Metropolis’s supervisor expresses his satisfaction in Shaw’s achievements
Following the retirement of veteran Ellen White, Shaw assumed the function of Metropolis’s level striker and dazzled with 24 objectives within the league final season, breaking the membership’s document for probably the most WSL objectives in a single season.
Gareth Taylor, Metropolis’s supervisor, expressed his satisfaction in Shaw’s achievements, stating, “I’m tremendous happy with Bunny, and all of the gamers are. She understands the help and assist she will get right here to permit her to be herself.”
Taylor additional remarked, “I feel what she has accomplished is exceptional, actually – to go from the primary recreation of the season scoring and not likely have a dry spell in any respect, perhaps a few video games. She has continued to attain objectives. She’s actually a confirmed goalscorer, however it’s the kinds of objectives she’s getting now and all the things else she brings to us within the video games. Her hold-up play is phenomenal.”
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Manchester Metropolis is scheduled to journey to the King Energy Stadium to face Leicester Metropolis of their upcoming fixture on Saturday.