Vivianne Miedema followed her gut when she decided to join Manchester City from Arsenal.
Miedema spent seven years with the Gunners, cementing herself as the Women s Super League all-time top scorer in that time, netting 79 goals.
She also set the league record for the most goals scored in a single WSL season (22) and netted 125 goals for Arsenal overall in 179 appearances.
After enduring two injury-hit campaigns in her final two years in North London, Miedema is ready to face a new challenge and is confident City will provide that.
I ve been in the league for a long, long time and my gut feeling told me that I really wanted to stay in England, Miedema said.
I ve spoken to multiple clubs in England and also abroad. Obviously, when I started speaking to City, I got really, really excited, mostly by the way they play but also by how other players actually talk about the club and about how things were going.
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Eventually, I think to myself, I want to challenge myself and I know this wasn t the easy option, obviously moving within England as well.
But I got really excited about being a part of this City team and that s why, in the end, I followed my gut feeling by going with City.
The Citizens came agonisingly close to winning the WSL title last season, only missing out due to Chelsea s superior goal difference.
They will kick off the new WSL campaign against Miedema s former club Arsenal on September 22.