England striker Fran Kirby will leave Chelsea toward the finish of the time following a prize loaded nine years with the supreme Ladies' Super Association champions. Kirby, 30, is the club's driving goalscorer in the cutting edge time, with 115 objectives in 205 appearances. She has assisted Chelsea with winning 15 prizes since joining from Perusing in 2015, including six Ladies' Super Association titles, five FA Cups and two Association Cups.
"To leave with the prizes that I have won, with the partners I've played with - a portion of the world's best players - it has been one of the greatest honors of my life," Kirby said in a close to home video message to allies. "An aspect of my responsibilities is to play well, dominate prizes and football matches. In the event that I can do that and motivate little kids to be footballers or any type of competitor, that is enough for me.
"Growing up I never figured I could affect it to such an extent. So I'm truly glad I have had the option to affect in a positive manner and doing that for a club like Chelsea is something I'm truly pleased with." Kirby joined Emma Hayes' Chelsea subsequent to assuming a necessary part for Britain in their third-place finish at the 2015 World Cup in Canada. She proceeded to procure a large group of individual honors, including being named the very first Football Journalists' Affiliation Ladies' Footballer of the Year, in the 2017-18 season.
That year Kirby likewise got the PFA Footballer of the Year grant, as well as Chelsea's Ladies' Player and Players' Player of the Year in the wake of scoring 25 objectives in all rivalries. Yet again she scooped the club, WSL and PFA grants in the 2020-21 season, and was important for the Britain crew that lifted the European Title at Wembley in 2022.
Kirby scored nine objectives in 16 appearances as Chelsea walked to a fourth continuous WSL title and third progressive FA Cup win last year, however experienced a season-finishing knee injury in May and missed the 2023 Ladies' Reality Cup in Australia and New Zealand.