WSL star Vivianne Miedema will be leaving Arsenal at the end of the season, she announced on social media Monday.
In a video posted to Arsenal’s main Instagram page, the Dutch striker said that it was time for her seven-year journey with the club to come to an end.
“To have represented a club like this, with so much history and tradition, has been an absolute honor,” she said. “So above all else, I would like to say thank you for making this chapter of my life so memorable.”
Widely regarded as one of the best forwards in the world, Miedema has been dealing with an ongoing ACL injury over the past two seasons, an issue that kept her out of last summer’s Women’s World Cup. In her personal farewell post, the former Gunner said rupturing her ACL has been “one of the toughest things I’ve had to go through in my career,” noting that her Arsenal teammates’ support was “something I’ll always remember.”
Even still, she said, “it’s time to move on.” Miedema joined the Gunners in 2017 from Bayern Munich, scoring 125 goals and providing 50 assists over 172 appearances. She was the WSL’s top scorer in 2018-19, setting the all-time…
