Afrigather London Metropolis Lionesses have strengthened their squad with the signing of Nigerian winger Rofiat Imuran on a three-year contract, Soccernet.ng experiences.
The 20-year-old joins the English Girls’s Championship aspect on a free switch after the expiration of her contract with French membership Stade de Reims.
Imuran, who performed a key position in Reims’ back-to-back top-six finishes within the French D1 Arkema, is predicted to deliver dynamism and expertise to the Lionesses as they push for promotion to the Barclays Girls’s Tremendous League (WSL).
She has already linked up along with her new teammates at Hayes Lane, taking part in first-team coaching earlier this week.
Talking about her transfer, Imuran stated, “I’m very excited to hitch London Metropolis Lionesses and begin a brand new chapter in my profession in England.
“Everybody has been so welcoming since I arrived, and I look ahead to with the ability to assist the staff on the pitch. I needed to return to London Metropolis as a result of the coach introduced an fascinating undertaking, and I needed a special problem.”
Imuran’s worldwide expertise contains representing Nigeria on the 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup and the 2024 FIFA U-20 Girls’s World Cup.
Earlier than her time in France, she performed for Nigeria’s Rivers Angels and Sunshine Queens within the NWFL Premiership.
The Lionesses can be relying on Imuran’s skills as they put together for his or her subsequent conflict in opposition to Charlton Athletic on Sunday, 13 October. Her signing is seen as a big step towards their WSL ambitions.
