Arsenal have accomplished the signing of Aston Villa goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar on a everlasting deal.
The 24-year-old, who started her profession at youth stage with LSVV and Telstar, solely moved to Villa 12 months in the past and made 15 appearances for the membership.
However Van Domselaar has now traded the Midlands for north London, the place she is going to full with Austrian goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger for a beginning function.
“I’m actually comfortable to be right here,” Van Domselaar mentioned. “In the event you have a look at Arsenal – the gamers, the staff, the stadium – it’s an enormous membership and I’m so excited to be a part of this membership. I need to win trophies and obtain huge issues, and Arsenal is the fitting place for me to do each.
“I can’t wait to play at Emirates Stadium in entrance of all of the supporters and present what I can do.”
Van Domselaar has been capped 27 instances by the Netherlands since making her worldwide debut in 2022, and represented her nation at each the 2022 Ladies’s European Championship and 2023 Ladies’s World Cup.
“We’re delighted to convey Daphne to the membership,” Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall mentioned of her arrival. “She is a high goalkeeper and already has appreciable expertise on a few of the greatest phases, whereas we imagine she has quite a lot of potential for future growth, too.
“Daphne will additional strengthen our goalkeeper unit alongside Manu and Naomi, and might be a robust addition to the staff as we put together for an vital new season.
Director of Ladies’s Soccer, Clare Wheatley, added: “Daphne is likely one of the greatest younger goalkeepers on the earth and we’re very happy to verify her arrival right here at Arsenal. She has a starvation to develop and succeed that carefully aligns with our ethos on the membership and we’re assured she might be an incredible addition to our squad.”
Van Domselaar will put on the quantity 14 shirt at Arsenal vacated by former backup goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo.
