{"id":614802,"date":"2022-07-12T09:22:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T13:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=614802"},"modified":"2022-07-12T09:22:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T13:22:07","slug":"manchester-united-women-former-tottenham-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/12\/manchester-united-women-former-tottenham-striker\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Women Sign 34-Year-Old Former Tottenham Striker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United Women have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtdWomen\/status\/1546828304505884673\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> the signing of former Tottenham Hotspur striker Rachel Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Williams, 34, has signed a two-year deal with the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>She is the second summer signing following the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/04\/manchester-united-women-first-canadian-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">addition of Canadian forward Adriana Leon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Rachel Williams Joins Manchester United Women<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Marc Skinner&#8217;s second summer signing \u2014 let&#8217;s go, Rachel! \u270d\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUWomen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUWomen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester United Women (@ManUtdWomen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtdWomen\/status\/1546828304505884673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;I&#8217;ll Bring My Experience&#8217; &#8211; Rachel Williams<\/h3>\n<p>Upon joining the club, Rachel Williams told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/man-utd-women-sign-rachel-williams?utm_campaign=ManUtd&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">manutd.com<\/a>: &#8220;I&#8217;m very pleased to join this fantastic club. It&#8217;s a big opportunity that&#8217;s been handed to me and I&#8217;m looking forward to getting started.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;United have a good squad and I&#8217;m excited to work with these girls for the coming season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll bring my experience of this league to the group, together with my one hundred per cent work rate and desire to win every game &#8211; I can guarantee that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Williams will link up with United boss Marc Skinner, a familiar face from her time at Birmingham City.<\/p>\n<p>Skinner told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/man-utd-women-sign-rachel-williams?utm_campaign=ManUtd&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club website<\/a>: &#8220;It is great to have Rachel join us at this exciting time for the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She offers a wealth of experience and knowledge, to which she can help enhance the performance of individual players and the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her character will be a key part of the long-term vision to give us the tools for success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUWomen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUWomen<\/a> are on the verge of completing the signing of striker Rachel Williams. [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomJGarry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TomJGarry<\/a>] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5S3bKsZ8GH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/5S3bKsZ8GH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MU Women Xtra (@MUWomenXtra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MUWomenXtra\/status\/1546815459130871809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Rachel Williams&#8217; Experience and Manchester United&#8217;s Season Aims<\/h3>\n<p>Williams is a player with plenty of experience, representing all of the following; her hometown club Leicester City, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Birmingham, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/05\/katerina-svitkova-chelsea-women\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a>, Notts County and most recently Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>She has also represented England, scoring four goals for her country.<\/p>\n<p>United&#8217;s ambitions remain to qualify for the Women&#8217;s Champions League. They fell one position short once again in 2021\/22 and their failure to surpass Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/08\/chelsea-women-third-wsl\/\" target=\"_self\">Women&#8217;s Super League<\/a> is becoming evermore frustrating for the United faithful.<\/p>\n<p>For now, plenty of eyes are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/21\/womens-euro-2022-seven-stand-out-players\/\" target=\"_self\">Women&#8217;s Euros<\/a> this summer and it will have been pleasing to see forward Alessia Russo on the scoresheet for England in an 8-0 thrashing of Norway on Monday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United Women have confirmed the signing of former Tottenham Hotspur striker Rachel Williams. Williams, 34, has signed a two-year deal with the Red Devils. She is the second summer signing following the addition of Canadian forward Adriana Leon. 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