England worldwide Alex Greenwood has showered reward on her Manchester Metropolis teammate, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, highlighting Shaw’s distinctive expertise and suggesting that the Jamaican star may ascend to turn into the world’s greatest participant.
Shaw, at 26 years previous, has turn into a pivotal determine within the Manchester Metropolis Ladies’s squad since becoming a member of the membership two years in the past. Within the earlier season, she made an indelible mark by scoring a powerful 31 targets in all competitions, making her the membership’s prime scorer.
In her most up-to-date efficiency, Shaw netted a brace in opposition to Bristol Metropolis, marking her first targets of the brand new Ladies’s Tremendous League season. This added to her objective in opposition to Everton earlier within the week within the FA Ladies’s League Cup.
Greenwood, a 30-year-old center-back for Manchester Metropolis, emphasised that Shaw’s worth extends past her goal-scoring prowess, stating, “Her objective report speaks for itself, however Bunny is a lot greater than targets. What she brings to the group when it comes to play, her work off the ball, and off the pitch – she is a prime individual.”
‘Shaw has been actually sturdy for us’
Greenwood went on to precise her perception in Shaw’s potential, saying, “I feel she could be one of the best on this planet if she desires to be. She has all of the attributes to be one of the best on this planet. I understand how arduous she works in coaching.”
Praising Shaw’s dedication and efficiency, Greenwood added, “It’s the explanation she’s flourishing proper now. She has been actually sturdy for us, so we simply have to preserve feeding her, preserve giving her the ball, and the remaining she’ll care for. She’s an amazing individual to be round and a very good pal of mine as effectively. She is somebody I can demand actually excessive requirements of, and likewise, she will of me and everybody else.”
Shaw started her skilled profession with Bordeaux in 2019, the place she scored a powerful 34 targets in a two-year spell, incomes her the Golden Boot and serving to the French membership qualify for the Champions League.
In the summertime of 2021, Shaw made her transfer to Manchester Metropolis, the place she made a right away influence by scoring 16 targets in her debut season, making her the membership’s second-highest goal-scorer as they secured the FA Ladies’s League Cup.
Metropolis’s supervisor expresses his delight in Shaw’s achievements
Following the retirement of veteran Ellen White, Shaw assumed the position of Metropolis’s level striker and dazzled with 24 targets within the league final season, breaking the membership’s report for essentially the most WSL targets in a single season.
Gareth Taylor, Metropolis’s supervisor, expressed his delight in Shaw’s achievements, stating, “I’m tremendous happy with Bunny, and all of the gamers are. She understands the help and assist she will get right here to permit her to be herself.”
Taylor additional remarked, “I feel what she has accomplished is exceptional, actually – to go from the primary recreation of the season scoring and not likely have a dry spell in any respect, possibly a few video games. She has continued to attain targets. She’s actually a confirmed goalscorer, nevertheless it’s the sorts of targets she’s getting now and all the pieces else she brings to us within the video games. Her hold-up play is phenomenal.”
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Manchester Metropolis is scheduled to journey to the King Energy Stadium to face Leicester Metropolis of their upcoming fixture on Saturday.
