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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Suzanne Wrack

‘Best league in the world’: Rebecca Knaak joins Manchester City in WSL

Rebecca Knaak poses in a Manchester City shirt
Rebecca Knaak has joined Manchester City from Swedish side Rosengård. Photograph: Declan Lloyd/Manchester City FC

Manchester City have moved quickly to fill the void left by the injured Alex Greenwood by signing the German defender Rebecca Knaak from Rosengård on the opening day of the winter transfer window. The 28-year-old has signed a one-and-a-half-year contract after three years in Sweden.

City are light at the back, with influential England centre-back Greenwood having undergone knee surgery on a medial collateral ligament (MCL) after she was taken off on a stretcher during the club’s Champions League defeat of St Pölten in December.

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