Nikita Parris joins Albion from Manchester United

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Forward joins after two years with United.

Bruce Talbot

2024-09-13T22:55+01:00

We are delighted to announce the permanent signing of England striker Nikita Parris on undisclosed terms from Manchester United.

Parris has won 71 caps and was part of the England squad which won the 2022 Euros. She has scored 21 goals for her country and developed into one of the best goal scorers in the game with 114 goals during spells with five clubs.

Women’s first-team head coach Dario Vidosic said, “We’re delighted to bring a player of Nikita’s ability and experience to the club. It signals our ambition as a club.

“Nikita’s record as a goalscorer speaks for itself and she will help us a lot in that regard.

“She is vastly experienced and will be an excellent role model, particularly for our young players. She is looking forward to getting stuck into a new challenge and we can’t wait to start working with her ahead of our first WSL game next Saturday against Everton.”

Nikita Parris has won 71 caps and scored 21 goals for the Lionesses.

The 30-year-old joins Albion from Manchester United, for whom she was top scorer in the WSL last season with eight goals and won an FA Cup winner medal against Tottenham Hotspur.

Liverpool-born Nikita joined Everton’s centre of excellence aged 14 and two years later made her first-team debut. After four seasons at Everton she signed for Manchester City, initially on loan, before making the move permanent.

During her time with City, Nikita established herself as one of the best strikers in the domestic game and won five trophies with the club. She was top scorer in the WSL from 2018-20 and scored 62 goals during that time.

Nikita headed to Olympique Lyonnais in 2019 and helped the French club win the Champions League. She returned to England two years later and signed for Arsenal, scoring her 50th WSL goal in May 2022. The following August she joined Manchester United and scored 13 goals in her first season.

At international level Nikita has represented England at all age groups from under-17s. She made her senior debut in 2016 and represented Great Britain in all four games at the 2021 Olympic Games in Japan.