Chloe Kelly

So I think I was just a sponge.

I remember sitting down with Jill and Demi and just trying to learn as much as we could, me and Lauren Hemp, and asking questions of Jill's first tournament, Demi's first tournament.

And I think that was a real learning for us.

We're learning as we go because it was our first tournament for the likes of me and Lauren Hemp.

I'm feeling in a good place.

I'm really happy.

January was obviously a real turning point for me, coming back to London, coming back home to my family where I grew up and coming back to a club that I love in Arsenal.

I'm forever grateful for the club.

I'm forever grateful for Rene Slagers and giving me an opportunity to find happiness.

But

I'll be honest, I was in a really dark place and I was for a while, to be honest.

I think January was a turning point for me.

But yeah, I struggled a lot and I was riddled with anxiety.

I didn't really want to go out a lot at any opportunity.

I'd be like, Scott, can you even go to the shops, go to Tesco?

So I think that was tough for me.

And seeing myself, because I think I'm quite outgoing and

and things like that but i think that's when you come away from sport and you're like this is affecting my mental health a game that i love so much but actually it's affecting me in in so many other ways that's when you're like wow like i need to focus on myself here and being able to speak up in january and and be able to come back to london and find happiness i think

For me, it was about to take a step away from the game that makes me so happy.

But you look after your body, you look after your legs when you recover from training.