Georgia Stanway explains choice to depart Man Metropolis for Bayern Munich

Georgia Stanway has revealed she opted to maneuver to Bayern Munich to place herself out of her consolation zone, after admitting she felt at a ‘standstill’ throughout her ultimate 12 months at Manchester Metropolis.

The 23-year-old joined the Bundesliga outfit within the 2022 summer time switch window, bringing an finish to her seven-year keep at Metropolis.

English gamers making an attempt their hand overseas has at all times been a development within the girls’s recreation, with america historically the preferred vacation spot. Extra gamers have moved to Europe in current seasons, with the likes of Alex Greenwood and Nikita Parris beforehand plying their commerce at Lyon, whereas Lucy Bronze and Toni Duggan have each had spells in Spain.

Nonetheless, Stanway is the one member of the Lionesses’ Euro 2022 profitable squad to be at present enjoying her home soccer in Germany.

“I used to be in a scenario the place I needed to place myself out of my consolation zone, problem myself and pose the query: ‘how good may I be?'” Stanway to Sky Sports activities.

“The choice for me wasn’t as exhausting as what it might have appeared as a result of I knew I used to be set to go some other place to attempt one thing new. I had to verify this was the fitting place for me on and off the sector and thus far it is lived as much as expectations.”

Stanway had spent everything of her skilled profession at Man Metropolis, and was one among seven senior gamers to depart the membership this summer time.

A quantity eight by commerce, the midfielder was steadily deployed out of place as Metropolis contended with a mess of harm issues at first of the 2021/22 marketing campaign. Stanway admitted she did not benefit from the ‘versatile’ label, and after spending such a big chunk of her profession at Metropolis, was eager to freshen issues up.

“If I am being sincere, during the last 15-18 months at Manchester Metropolis I used to be at a standstill,” she added.

“I used to be getting performed in any place, I wasn’t in a position to make a place my very own. I used to be classed as ‘versatile’, which is not one thing I needed to be. You recognize me, I will do a job for the staff and go on the market wholeheartedly and do regardless of the staff wants me to do however I simply wasn’t as pleased as I knew I could possibly be.

“I needed to place myself able the place I did not understand how good I could possibly be. At Metropolis I used to be in a cushty place, I used to be turning as much as coaching day-after-day for seven years and I simply needed a change.”