When Aoife Mannion left Manchester United this summer, the 29-year-old’s move to a club in the second tier came as something of a surprise. After all, her high-calibre CV lists being named twice in the Women’s Super League’s team of the season, she is a Champions League semi-finalist and has played in the past three Women’s FA Cup finals.
But there is no doubt in her mind, almost exactly two months to the day since Newcastle announced her arrival, that she has no regrets. “I feel like I’ve made an amazing move,” she says. “It was just where my heart wanted to go.
