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Fran Kirby has emphasised her desire to get even better as she prepares for the Tokyo Olympics following a superb season with Chelsea. The forward is part of Hege Riise’s 18-player Great Britain squad for this summer’s delayed Games that was announced on Thursday. That is after a 2020-21 in which Kirby’s form for Chelsea […]
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Chelsea forward Fran Kirby has been voted the Football Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the Year for the 2020/21 season. Kirby has scored 25 goals in all competitions this season for the FA Women’s Super League winners, who have reached the Women’s Champions League final, where they will play Barcelona in Gothenburg on May 16. The […]
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Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has suggested that Fran Kirby and Sam Kerr have a similar partnership to former Man United strikers Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole. Manchester United pair Yorke and Cole terrorised European defences as the Red Devils completed the treble with victory in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in 1999. Hayes […]
Chelsea boss Emma Hayes has heaped praise on Sam Kerr and Fran Kirby after their 2-0 win over Aston Villa. As expected, the Blues dominated from the start and the first goal came in the 23rd minute when Kerr headed home a Kirby cross. The second was once again the result of a Kirby cross […]
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