The arrival of Park marked a profitable summer season of recruitment following the sooner signings of Fridolina Rolfo from Barcelona and Julia Zigiotti Olme from Bayern Munich. It was additionally a really deliberate change in technique, as Johnson explains on the podcast.
“It’s a very essential stability [of youth and experience] throughout the squad. What we did 12 months in the past, we moved on a number of older gamers and we introduced in a number of youthful gamers. Individuals like Anna Sandberg got here in 12 months in the past who was solely 20 years previous, we acquired Simi Awujo at the same age. So, final yr, we introduced in 5 – 6 actually younger gamers who we knew had potential and will develop.
“We felt this yr, going into the Champions League and having carried out so properly final yr, we wanted to usher in gamers with slightly bit extra expertise but in addition information of taking part in in massive environments. For those who take a look at Jess with the Lionesses and Man Metropolis, having performed within the Champions League, she introduced that in addition to the qualities and profile we had been .
“Julia has performed with Bayern Munich within the Champions League and remodeled 50 appearances for Sweden, and the identical for Fridolina. She has been within the Champions League since she was a young person, is among the most-capped gamers within the Champions League and has gained it each with German golf equipment and Spanish golf equipment.
