Lucy Bronze joins Barcelona from Manchester City on two-year deal

England defender Lucy Bronze has signed for FC Barcelona on a two-year deal.

In May, Manchester City announced the 30-year-old would leave the club when her

deal expired on 30 June.

The 2020 Best Fifa Women’s Player rejoined City for a second spell in September 2020 after three years with Lyon.

“I’m very happy to play for a club like FC Barcelona, one of the biggest teams in the

world. I really want to start working with the team,” Bronze said.

“After a couple of conversations, you can’t say no to Barca.”

Barcelona are the current champions of Spain’s Primera Division and were

Champions League runners-up to Lyon last season.

Bronze had been linked with a move to the USA, with Real Madrid also showing

interest.

She won five major trophies with City, with two of those arriving in her second spell

with the club, and made a total of 111 appearances, scoring 14 goals.

It is Bronze’s second move abroad after she left City for Lyon in 2017, where she won

three consecutive Champions League titles.

Bronze was tight-lipped over her future when asked this month and she was heavily

linked with a move to America.

However, the season in America is already under way and Bronze is currently in

training for the European Championship, which starts on 6 July in England.

She could still end up in the US in the future, but this move to Barcelona is a

significant one as Bronze and the club will look to return to winning ways in the

Champions League.

Bronze enjoyed success in that competition while at Lyon, winning three European

titles, but did not go beyond the quarter-final stage with Manchester City.