England captain Williamson to overlook begin of WSL season with knee harm

Arsenal will start their Girls’s Tremendous League marketing campaign with out England captain Leah Williamson after she sustained a knee harm within the Euro 2025 last.

Williamson missed the Gunners’ pre-season coaching camp in Germany this month after reporting again to the membership with swelling in her proper knee following the event.

After guiding the Lionesses to the European Championships in 2022, Williamson suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) harm that noticed her miss the World Cup in 2023.

She missed 10 months of motion earlier than returning to the sector in early 2024, main her workforce this yr to back-to-back triumphs on the European Championships.

Williamson made 19 appearances for Renee Slegers’ facet within the WSL final season, maintaining seven clear sheets, a complete solely bettered by Steph Catley (seven) for the Gunners.

The 28-year-old additionally performed the length of Arsenal’s Girls’s Champions League victory over Barcelona within the last, their second title in Europe’s elite competitors.

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Arsenal, who completed second within the WSL final season, however 12 factors behind champions Chelsea, start their 2025-26 marketing campaign towards newly-promoted London Metropolis Lionesses.

They face London Metropolis on September 6, with fixtures towards West Ham United, Manchester United and Aston Villa to comply with later this month.

Slegers is prone to flip to Lotte Wubben-Moy to step up in Williamson’s absence, having signed a brand new contract with the membership this summer time.