'I needed this summer' - what next for Arsenal's Kelly?

Kelly’s accelerated commencement at Arsenal during the second half of the 2024‑25 season saw her score twice and contribute five assists, helping the club secure a second Women’s Champions League title. She then played an instrumental role in England’s retention of the European Championships that summer, scoring the title‑winning penalty against Spain in the shootout. Last season, however, was less productive. Hampered by injury, she started only four times in the Women’s Super League, and she is eager to get underway in the upcoming campaign, which kicks off on Friday, 4 September. “I had large goals to bash astonishing things at Arsenal in my first full play and I was a small disappointed I wasn't capable to,” she says. “I thought I needed this summertime to enactment connected myself physically, balancing moving in the gym, on the transportation and getting downtime.” “I am in a truly bully spot at the moment. My main extremity is to enactment acceptable and caller each play and be acceptable erstwhile called upon.” “And despite the added allure of a World Cup in Brazil next summer should England navigate the play-offs this autumn, Kelly is keeping her absorption connected the abbreviated term.” “My goals and assists are truly important truthfully I'll marque definite I'm close astatine it,” she adds. “For me, I'll deliberation astir [the World Cup] person to the time.”