Lucy Bronze wants 6th Champions League after Chelsea move

England defender Lucy Bronze has said that she wants to win the Champions League with new club Chelsea and that the move to the west London club was the “perfect fit” after joining the Women’s Super League (WSL) champions last month.

The 32-year-old right-back’s transfer to Chelsea on a two-year deal marks one of the club’s most high-profile moves so far as they enter a transitional phase, with former Lyon manager Sonia Bompastor taking the helm after Emma Hayes’ departure.

Bronze, one of the most decorated players in women’s football, has lifted the Champions League trophy five times and told ESPN that she is ready for a new challenge.

“I finished the season at Barça, I knew that I was ready to leave there, and I was looking for another new challenge,” Bronze told ESPN in an exclusive interview on Monday.

“I spoke to Sonia and Cami [Camille Abily, assistant coach] literally at the end of the Champions League final, and they were like: ‘Well, why don’t you come to Chelsea?’ I thought, you know, why not?

“I knew that they [Bompastor and the coaching team] wanted me to come here. I felt like that was a good decision coming back to England, coming back to the best team in England, a team that I can add to both on and off the pitch, a…