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Stanway’s arrival at Arsenal on a free transfer from Bayern is one of the most high-profile moves of an eye-catching transfer window in the Women’s Super League (WSL).

The midfielder enjoyed four trophy-laden years with the German club, and boasts two European Championship winners’ medals with England.

A long-established totem in Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses side, Stanway told the Women’s Football Weekly podcast how playing in the Bundesliga has developed her game.

“I’ve massively changed as a player and as a person,” she stated. “I’ve got more comfortable with myself and I enjoy my own time a lot more.

“Munich also gave me the opportunity to develop a position and to figure out how I wanted to play with trust and expectation from the manager.”

She arrives at Emirates Stadium in her prime and ready to ignite Arsenal’s push for a first WSL title since 2018-19.

She explains that once aware of their interest, there was only one club in the running for her signature.

“I knew I wanted to take the next step,” she stated. “I really like the fact Arsenal came in for me when I wasn’t available. It’s a really nice feeling to be wanted.

“What Arsenal are building within England, within the WSL, within Europe, is something I want to be part of.

“It’s setting the standard with women’s football.”

London move ‘will take a bit of adjusting’

Georgia Stanway doing a workout at Arsenal's training groundImage source, Getty Images
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Stanway has previously won the WSL title with Manchester City

Last season, Arsenal finished second to Stanway’s former club Manchester City but have made changes this summer, with Mead among those to leave and seven new signings through the door.

Among them are Barcelona and Spain full-back Ona Batlle, Switzerland midfielder Geraldine Reuteler and exciting young forward Lisa Baum, with the latter two also arriving from German football.

“It’s a little bit of a new chapter,” Stanway stated. “A lot of quality has come in. Arsenal obviously went hunting in the Bundesliga, which is a league that sometimes goes under the radar.

“From the outside, everybody wants to be a part of Arsenal and what they’re about to create.”

While excited about her football ambitions, Stanway does concede that living in London is a new challenge.

Having grown up in the Cumbrian town of Barrow-in-Furness, she conceded that being around the capital city “will take a little bit of adjusting”.

“I’m a bit of a homebody and I’m so used to everything being so local,” she stated. “I’ve already stated to the girls about places being so far away and they’re like, ‘It’s only an hour’.

“I like little things within the countryside, I like farms, so I don’t think I’ll be in the city too much!”

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Listen to an Arsenal special on the Women’s Football Weekly podcast. Find interviews with Georgia Stanway, Renee Slegers, Lotte Wubben-Moy and more on the Women’s Football Weekly feed.

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