{"id":617900,"date":"2022-09-18T07:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T11:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=617900"},"modified":"2022-09-18T08:04:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T12:04:32","slug":"manchester-united-wfc-jackie-groenen-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/18\/manchester-united-wfc-jackie-groenen-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Done Deal: Manchester United Women Confirm Departure of \u2018Fantastic\u2019 Star to Paris Saint-Germain Feminine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United Women have\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/jackie-groenen-joins-psg-on-permanent-transfer-from-man-utd-women?utm_campaign=ManUtd&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">confirmed the departure<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of Jackie Groenen to Paris Saint-Germain Feminine. The Dutch star spent three years at Old Trafford and will go down as the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/manchester-united-midfielder-jackie-groenen-075255480.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">club&#8217;s first-ever overseas signing<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in their history.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United Announce Jackie Groenen\u2019s Transfer to Paris Saint-Germain<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dutch Star Reflects on Her Time at United<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 27-year-old winger has joined PSG Feminine for\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraaf.nl\/sport\/1792064124\/paris-saint-germain-maakt-jackie-groenen-duurste-nederlandse-voetbalster-ooit?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=seeding-televoetbal\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a reported fee of around \u00a3130,000 pounds<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, making her the most expensive Dutch female player in history. She has also signed a three-year contract with the French giants valid until June 2025. Groenen is leaving the Red Devils having spent three memorable years with them, including the Covid-19 season where she was awarded the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/football\/manchester-united-players-marcus-rashford-jackie-groenen-recognised-by-pfa-for-community-amid-covid19-pandemic-work-johan-cruyff\/article32287594.ece\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">PFA Community Champion<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0award for her social welfare work and contribution to grassroots development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/25\/manchester-united-women-spain-international-attacker\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United Women Sign Spain Star Lucia Garcia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Groenen sent a message to United regarding her time with the club, stating: &#8220;I\u2019ve had such a great time representing this wonderful football club. I\u2019d like to thank the Manchester United staff, players, and fans for believing in me, and I will definitely follow the club\u2019s achievements with great interest.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Groenen\u2019s Career So Far Recapped<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Dutch star has made 92 appearances for her national side, scoring nine goals for them. She was also part of the UEFA Women&#8217;s Euros winning team in 2017 and the team that finished as runners-up in the 2019 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup. Despite her success at international level, the 27-year-old winger is yet to taste silverware at domestic level and was not able to win any trophies with\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/02\/manchester-united-staff-womens-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">United<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0during her three-year stay with the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsbookBTC\/status\/1570329340222771203<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">She will bring a lot of experience to the PSG side, having played at a high level of European club football for over eight years. Groenen has featured for the likes of Chelsea, Eintracht Frankfurt and United &#8211; making over 200 career appearances at domestic level, scoring 25 goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">She made 60 appearances for the red side of Manchester,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/11\/05\/jackie-groenen-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">suffering injury issues at times<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, but wasn&#8217;t able to score in 60 Super League appearances, only getting four assists. Despite that, the 27-year-old is a hard worker on the pitch and full of skill, leading to ex-United manager Casey Stoney describing her as &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/m.allfootballapp.com\/news\/Headline\/Stoney-praises-fantastic-Groenen-as-Man-Utd-seek-revenge-in-Manchester-derby\/1921362\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">fantastic<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United Women have\u00a0confirmed the departure\u00a0of Jackie Groenen to Paris Saint-Germain Feminine. The Dutch star spent three years at Old Trafford and will go down as the\u00a0club&#8217;s first-ever overseas signing\u00a0in their history. Manchester United Announce Jackie Groenen\u2019s Transfer to Paris Saint-Germain Dutch Star Reflects on Her Time at United The 27-year-old winger has joined PSG [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":617963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,7007,7008],"tags":[9438,2076,1052],"class_list":["post-617900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfers","category-womens-football","category-womens-super-league","tag-jackie-groenen","tag-manchester-united-women","tag-womens-super-league"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}