Hannah Hampton to leave Aston Villa amid links with Chelsea
Aston Villa Women’s goalkeeper Hannah Hampton to leave the club this month amid links with Chelsea… after regaining England squad spot following concerns about her behaviour and attitude
- Hannah Hampton will leave Aston Villa when her contract expires this month
- She has been linked with a move to Women’s Super League champions Chelsea
- Hampton has worked her way back into the England squad for the World Cup
England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton is to leave Aston Villa when her contract expires at the end of this month, the Women’s Super League club have announced.
The 22-year-old, who joined Villa in the summer of 2021 after leaving Birmingham, has been linked with Chelsea.
Announcing the news on their official website, a club statement read: ‘Aston Villa Women can confirm Hannah Hampton will leave the club upon the expiry of her contract at the end of this month.
‘Aston Villa Women sincerely thanks Hannah for her time at the club and wishes her well in her next chapter.’
Hampton made 43 appearances in all competitions for Villa and helped Carla Ward’s team achieve a fifth-placed finish for the 2022-23 WSL season.
Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton (pictured) will leave Aston Villa at the end of the month
Hampton has been linked with a move to Emma Hayes’ Chelsea this summer
Hampton has been included in Sarina Wiegman’s World Cup squad after previously being left out due to concerns over her behaviour and attitude
Capped twice at senior international level, she was part of the England squad that won the European Championship on home soil last summer.
However, she was dropped last October due to concerns about her behaviour and attitude.
Her omission came just a day after she was left out of Villa’s squad to face Chelsea, with manager Ward explaining that it was in the ‘best interests of the team’ after ‘something happened yesterday’.
She won her place back in the team shortly after, and was brought back into the international fold in March, with Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman saying Hampton had ‘needed to sort out some personal issues (and has) done that’ and praising her form.
She has subsequently been included in Wiegman’s 23-player squad for this summer’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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