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Squad grows ahead of new season

2024-08-01T15:00:00.000Z

WOMEN STRENGTHEN RANKS WITH FOUR ADDITIONS

Squad grows ahead of new season

2024-08-01T15:00:00.000Z

Squad grows ahead of new season

Burnley Football Club can confirm the quadruple signing of Anna Grey, Amelia Hazard, Grace Palmer and Reanna Blades!

All four have moved north having been with Women’s Championship side Lewes FC in 2023/24.

22-year-old Grey, a winger by trade, came through the youth system at third-tier Ipswich Town and was their top scorer in 2022/23, netting 13 goals and assisting 10 more.

Central midfielder Hazard joined Arsenal as a 17-year-old and played a role in the Gunners’ run to the 2018/19 Continental Tyres League Cup final, featuring regularly alongside the likes of Leah Williamson and Beth Mead.

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Palmer has an Academy background with Chelsea. Now 20, the central midfielder has spent the last two seasons with Lewes.

At 19, winger Blades is the youngest of the group. She was on loan in Sussex from Chelsea where; after signing her first professional contract in 2022, she made her senior debut in the quarter-finals of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup.

All four have experience at various England youth levels and the additions take the total number of new players in Head Coach Rebecca Sawiuk’s squad to seven.

They join Claudia Walker, Emma Doyle and Helen Seed in having put pen to paper at Burnley Training Ground.

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On the latest four additions, Head Coach Rebecca Sawiuk said: “Firstly, all four are great people to have on this journey having spent a lot of time with them already.

“They are technically gifted footballers – Haz (Amelia Hazard) brings with her a huge amount of high-level experience for her age and is an all-round midfield player with a high energy game that the fans will enjoy.

“Both Anna and Reanna are quick, agile and excite in the wide areas and I know they’ll be full of flair, creativity and goals.

“Grace has exceptional pass detail, vision and a real calmness to her game which means she can unlock teams.

“All four are bright young talents and add to the quality in our squad, while also possessing a relentless approach to their own development. As such, I’m looking forward to working with them this season.”