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Not heartbreaking news for me, but for a lot of Arsenal fans from the look of Twitter, they're quite angry with the club for the announcement coming today and not pre their last game last night. So she didn't get her Emirates goodbye, along with Bette Mead. Victoria Palova and Kadena as well, all got a big send off after the game last night. So everybody, I think, thought if Katie was gone, it would have been announced before that.
Did something change today?
Like, you kind of thought after the game there was a lot of tears from Katie. I don't know if you've seen the videos on social media. She was very emotional. So it looked like maybe she wouldn't be staying, but it's just so bizarre timing.
What breaking news was announced about Katie McCabe?
Yeah, yeah, okay. That's mad, really, because you'd maybe give them a bit of a break if there was a big send-off a week ago. But for this to come literally the day after that actually happens at the club is quite mad. What's in the mix here? Because when this story first started to bubble along during the season, you start to think, is this actually McCabe agitating for a move? Is she going to get paid better? Is she going to have a better opportunity to move elsewhere, maybe to a different league? What's on the table here for McCabe?
you feel it must be a club decision 10 years at the club maybe like maybe she does want to try new things but like Arsenal have been linked with One Batier coming in from Barcelona so if that goes through and they also extended Steph Cattley's contract as well they've got Taylor Hines they've got Emily Fox so they've got a lot of depth in that position already Man City were obviously linked with her a couple of weeks ago. Then that looked to go dead. Obviously, we know Michelle Kang is a massive fan.
How has Katie McCabe's career at Arsenal been perceived?
So London City could be a destination, although I'd be surprised if it's London City. Maybe it's Lyon. Although London City have also been linked with Alexia Patel. So maybe they're going to go big in the summer. You never know.
I see Tim Stillman reporting that McCabe was offered a deal which was still up for discussion recently, and that's why the announcement couldn't be made ahead of the Everton game. So maybe it's not unreasonable to suggest that perhaps she was offered a deal that wasn't to her satisfaction. As a 30-year-old player, maybe they saw her as a depreciating asset. I don't know. I'm just speculating here, but maybe that's a reason for the last couple of days. What do you make of all of this?
I think it's mental I think not giving her a send off is absolutely insane and I get obviously this contract situation that comes into it but to know to announce it like 24 hours after the game like it's not like you would have you would have been somewhat aware of the decision last night I also think for someone who like 305 appearances for Arsenal she has won quite literally every trophy possible that you can win at Arsenal she won the Champions League she won the WSL title she won the FA Cup she won the FIFA Champions Cup last year as well so to not give that type of player the send-off she deserves.
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