Manchester City midfielder says she is thriving ‘in my own head and my own mentality’ and looks forward to facing Germany
Manchester City’s Keira Walsh is preparing to anchor England’s midfield against Germany on Tuesday with a new-found freedom. It has been a long time coming.
Despite a domestic cup double and an almost unbeaten season having meant that the 23-year-old travelled to the 2019 World Cup full of confidence, the pressure of her first major tournament hit hard and the criticism that followed even more so. She told the Guardian in January: “There were times when I thought: ‘Is this actually for me? Do I want to play football any more?’” and conceded that she still struggled on England camps even then, six months after the tournament.
