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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Benjamin Roberts-Haslam

England Euro 2022 Lioness Alex Greenwood would 'run rings' around boys on football pitch

One of Alex Greenwood's former teachers has opened up on what the England star was like when she was in school.

Clare Murphy-Worrell from Savio Salesian College in Bootle has described the ex-pupil as "unassuming" but extremely talented. Alex attended the school before going on to have a professional career playing for Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City, and is in the squad along with Arsenal forward Nikita Parris, from Toxteth.

The 28-year-old has accumulated 62 caps for the national side and will be hopeful of playing a role after coming off the bench a number of times throughout the Euros. Clare, 54, told the ECHO ahead of England's Euros final at Wembley this weekend: "I remember the first time I saw her play football.

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