Free agent Wales players put themselves in shop windowImage source, FAWImage caption, Forwards Elise Hughes (left) and Hannah Cain (right) scored eight of Wales’ 17 goals in their Women’s World Cup qualifying group ByGareth VincentBBC Sport WalesPublished29 minutes agoRhian Wilkinson says Wales’ free-agent internationals gave potential suitors a glimpse of their qualities by helping her team finish top of their Women’s World Cup qualifying group.Gemma Evans, Hannah Cain and Elise Hughes all featured against both Montenegro and the Czech Republic amid uncertainty over their club futures.It has since emerged that defender Evans is in line to join Newcastle United after leaving Liverpool, but there is no news yet on what the future holds at club level for either Cain or fellow forward Hughes.
“I think they’ve done everything they can to put themselves in the shop window,” stated Wales head coach Wilkinson.
Cain, 27, scored her sixth goal in six World Cup qualifying games in Montenegro, just three days after announcing that she is leaving Leicester City this summer following their relegation from the Women’s Super League (WSL).
Fellow striker Hughes, 25, revealed in the lead-up to Tuesday’s crucial win over the Czechs that she is departing Crystal Palace having helped them win promotion to the WSL.
