English league is finest in ladies’s soccer – LosadaFormer Barcelona captain Vicky Losada says she has missed the Women’s Super League after returning to England on a two-year deal at Manchester City.Losada, who led Barcelona to a historic treble final season, beforehand performed for Arsenal between 2015 and 2016.While at Barcelona, Losada captained the facet who knocked out City within the quarter-finals of the Champions League earlier than beating Chelsea within the ultimate.”When I obtained the provide to be part of City, I used to be so comfortable,” Losada advised BBC Sport.”I can not wait to meet the women, the supervisor and the followers. I at all times mentioned that I’ve been lacking the English league all these years. “I went again to Spain as a result of Barcelona is house to me. But particularly after taking part in in opposition to Manchester City final season, they confirmed good soccer. I like their type. “They have actually good gamers that I’ve identified for years and it is a huge membership. I can not ask for anything to be trustworthy, I’m so comfortable.”‘Big video games change you as a participant’Vicky Losada captained Barcelona as they defeated Manchester City within the quarter-finals of final season’s Champions LeagueSpain worldwide midfielder Losada, 30, left Barcelona, who she first joined on the age of 14, because the second highest appearance-maker within the membership’s ladies’s crew’s historical past, having performed 375 occasions.She had spells with Espanyol, Western New York Flash and Arsenal, however has spent the vast majority of her 16-year profession with the Catalan membership.At Barcelona she gained six league titles, one Champions League and 7 Copa de la Reina cups.”The final time I used to be in England I thought of myself as only a child who was leaving house,” mentioned Losada. “But after the final two years particularly and after going to two European Championships and two World Cups, I do know my expertise will convey so much to Manchester City. “Big video games change you as a participant and now I understand how to take care of totally different conditions each bodily and mentally. “I’ve at all times had that competitiveness as a result of I learnt it in England and within the USA but in addition, the type of soccer I’ve learnt at Barcelona, I believe Manchester City need to play that form of approach.”‘Quite a bit has modified within the WSL’Vicky Losada spent a yr and a half at Arsenal in 2015 and 2016During her time at Arsenal, Losada gained each the FA Cup and the League Cup, and she or he has continued to observe the progress of the WSL since leaving in 2016.”When I performed in England earlier than, Ellen White was at Notts County. I at all times thought she was a really aggressive participant and likes to be within the field,” mentioned Losada. “There are numerous gamers I like – Ji So-yun, Lucy Bronze, Keira Walsh, Leah Williamson, Jordan Nobbs – gamers that I’ve shared experiences with in England. “For me, the English league is one of the best within the ladies’s sport.”And Losada thinks “so much has modified” within the league off the again of England’s progress in main tournaments.”Big tournaments at all times make an influence in society and particularly in 2015 when the English ladies completed third [at the World Cup]. I bear in mind them saying once they returned there have been extra followers within the stadiums and TV had been wanting to present the video games. “I do know the BBC and Sky Sports are investing so much in ladies’s soccer. I’m positive it’ll take ladies’s soccer to the following stage.”
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