I’ve Come to Learn! Plumptre Speaks on Saudi Arabia Move

Plumptre and Al Ittihad shared the information on X, early hours of Wednesday.

“Soccer for me had all the time been about connecting with not solely extra of myself, however with the people who I’m surrounded by; whether or not that’s like my teammates and employees,” mentioned the CB in her interview with the membership.

“After which the whole lot that I’ve accomplished in my profession to date has all the time been about representing one thing larger than myself.”

” Yeah, becoming a member of Al-Ittihad, I really feel as if I’m going to have so many alternatives each on and off the pitch, to have the ability to study soccer right here.

“For me I don’t come right here with, like, any expectations, I come right here being myself and I hope that I can be taught and take a lot from the atmosphere; each as a soccer participant, however extra importantly as a human being, and I’m already feeling that.”

“I’m simply wanting ahead to getting the journey began with this workforce and seeing what we will obtain in each facet.”

Grateful to have signed for Al-Ittihad ????

Excited to begin this journey alongside some unbelievable human beings.

My journey of entering into extra of myself continues…
It’s greater than soccer ???? https://t.co/vqB54NGVaC

— Ashleigh Plumptre (@ashplumptre) September 12, 2023

The 25 year-old, who will put on the jersey quantity 22, final featured for WSL aspect, Leicester Metropolis, earlier than her contract ran out on the finish of final season.

Ashleigh Plumptre spent three seasons at Leicester Metropolis making 62 appearances and received the FA Girls’s Championship in 2021.

In the meantime, she is the second Nigerian Worldwide to maneuver to the Peninsula, after Rita Chikwelu joined Al Shabab in August.